Zubrin and Hoagland

While both sites were interesting, I thought that the Mars Society site was more informative and organized. Mars Society had a clear mission and grounded theories. The enterprise site was rather entertaining, but the articles were more science fiction-like.

An article posted on the Mars site was an interview with Zubrin. He talks about, based on his research, how a voyage to Mars would work. He believes that the return ship should be first sent to Mars. ]The crew in habitat modules will then follow. They conduct their research and return on the returning ship leaving the habitat module. Eventually there will be a colony of habitat modules on Mars. I thought the theory was intriguing, it was well thought out and seems to be a reasonable plan. Instead of temporary stations, Zubrin is thinking long term and permanently colonizing Mars. In addition, the article also mention Mars simulated bases located in the desert and the Artic. I didn't realize that there were actually places where people pretended being on Mars, wearing a space suit everytime they go outside. I wonder what kind of training they go through (physically and mentally) when "preparing" for Mars.

An entertaining article "Face it- It it a Face" on the Enterprise Site was rather entertaining. I'm not sure if it's all that reasonable, but still interesting. The article starts off by bashing NASA, claiming their explanations of the "catbox" image are politically based rather than scientifically based. Even with the higher resolution, the author still believes that it is a face. He claims that it is symmetrical, has two eye sockets, and has other qualities that would indicate a "sculpted" object. In addition, the article blames the imaging for details that opposes the face theory. The author claims that NASA is trying to trick the public and wants the data to speak for itself-- base on the data, in my opinion, it is not a face.