The Cydonian Imperative is an independent effort to assess possible extraterrestrial artifacts on Mars.
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Mars missions:
Mars Exploration Rover Mission
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"A stunning survey of the latest evidence for intelligent life on Mars. Mac Tonnies brings a thoughtful, balanced and highly accessible approach to one of the most fascinating enigmas of our time."
--Herbie Brennan, author of Martian Genesis and The Atlantis Enigma
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posted by Mac @ 1:25 PM
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I would like to ask Mr. Tonnies a rather important question regarding his opinion on the future of spaceflight and the involvement of the public sector. Even though for the time being the initiative into low earth orbit will have no bearing on the argument about artificiality, do you think that in the long term a private space initiative will be more likely to succeed where NASA has failed?
I think the private sector will catalyze a more meaningful governmental presence in space. In fact, this is already happening -- to NASA's chagrin.
Ultimately, I foresee private space ventures and "old school" NASA missions fusing so completely that it's difficult to separate them. The future of manned interplanetary flight will hinge on technologies developed by private interests (such as carbon nanotubes and ultra-light composites); in the near-term, however, the old governmnetal behemoths still control the lion's share of the money.
In time, as cost goes down, even this will change.
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