FACTOID #151: The five countries with the highest coffee consumption are also the five countries whose citizens trust one another the most. Coincidence? Probably.
While not official in any legal sense, the Mars tricolor has not only been approved by the Mars Society and The Planetary Society, it has also flown in space. Carried into orbit aboard the space shuttle Discovery by astronaut John Mace Grunsfeld on STS-103, this flag portrays the "future history" of Mars. The red bar, which lies closest to the mast, symbolizes Mars as it is today. The green and blue symbolize stages in the possible terraforming of Mars should humanity ever have the will and the ability to undertake such a task. Kim Stanley Robinson's popular trilogyRed Mars, Green Mars, and Blue Mars provided the concept for the flag, which, coincidentally, also represents the three primary colors of light. The Mars flag flies over the soon-to-be-inhabited Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station (FMARS) on Devon Island, Canada. Image File history File links Flag_of_Mars. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mars. ... Note: This article contains special characters. ... Mars Society logo. ... This article is in need of attention. ... This article is about the NASA Space Shuttle vehicle. ... NASA Chief Scientist/Astronaut Personal Data Born in Chicago, Illinois. ... This is a mission of the United States Space Shuttle. ... Artists conception of a terraformed Mars in three stages of development. ... Kim Stanley Robinson at the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention in Glasgow, August 2005 Kim Stanley Robinson (born March 23, 1952) is an American science fiction writer, probably best known for his award-winning Mars trilogy. ... Cover of Red Mars The Mars trilogy is a series of three science fiction novels by Kim Stanley Robinson, chronicling the settlement and terraforming of the planet Mars. ... Cover of Red Mars The Mars trilogy is a series of three science fiction novels by Kim Stanley Robinson, chronicling the settlement and terraforming of the planet Mars. ... The Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station (FMARS) is a project operated by the Mars Society in collaboration with NASAs Haughton-Mars Project, to conduct geological and microbiological exploration under conditions similar to those found on Mars, to develop field tactics based on those explorations, to test habitat design features... Devon Island, Nunavut. ...
Feeds |
Contact