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Curiosity On Mars

August 15, 2012 – 12:49 pm

Last week NASA landed the planet rover CURIOSITY on Mars. The nuclear-powered vehicle suffered little damage to its recording and testing devices, however the scientists at the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab have set the CURIOSITY on ‘dream’ mode during a four-day upload of software for its initial exploration of the Gala Crater. The mission system […]

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Earthlings Go Home

August 9, 2012 – 7:30 am

Walt Disney Pictures lost about $160 millions on JOHN CARTER OF MARS, despite worldwide ticket sales of almost $300,000,000. Mediocre reviews of the sci-fi adaptation of a Edgar Rice Burroughs’ novel in tough economic times doomed the movie at the box office. BBC film critic Mark Kermode stated, “The story telling is incomprehensible, the characterisation […]

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