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The robots are ‘born’ via 3D printer, and recycle themselves upon their ‘death’.
The race may be on to send humans to live on Mars, but is it worth the effort – and the spend – when we have our own problems to deal with on Earth.
Future Mars colonists may want to form their own legal system. What would stop them?
Planetary protection protocols try to make sure we don’t seed places like Mars with life from our planet. An astrobiologist argues they’re misguided – especially with human astronauts on the horizon.
Will humans ever live on Mars? Whoever it is to get there first will benefit from the experiences of those who stayed in simulated Martian missions here on Earth.
We could learn a lot from any mission to send people to Mars, such as whether there’s life elsewhere in the universe or even the technology for new household appliances.
One of the best ways to find out the challenges of living on Mars is to simulate living on another planet here on Earth. So what’s it like to spend several months living the Martian life?
Interplanetary colonisation was once the stuff of science fiction but now there are plans to colonise Mars. How have film-makers and writers dealt with our rapacious Anthropocene age?
We need Mars-level thinking to solve our energy and climate problems here on Earth.
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Associate member of the Australian Centre for Astrobiology, UNSW Sydney
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Research Scientist at Centro de Astrobiología, Spain, and Visiting Scientist in Astronomy, Cornell University
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Lecturer, Sciences Po
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Professor of Astrobiology, UNSW Sydney
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Adjunct professor, UNSW Sydney
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Reader (Associate Professor) in Law, University of Kent
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Professor, Nursing Science, Université Laval
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Chair in Natural Computation, Edinburgh Napier University
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Research Fellow, Kinsey Institute, Indiana University
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Scholar in Media and Cultural Studies, Macquarie University
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PhD Candidate, Psychology of Human Sexuality, Erotic Technology & Space Sexology, Concordia University
