What with the present concern at NASA about the enormous dust storm on Mars and the possible effects it may have on the Opportunity rover, as well as the upcoming Mars opposition this July, I’ve been giving a bit more thought to our next door planetary neighbor than usual.
With the recent report that NASA’s Curiosity Rover is sending back information regarding not just evidence of ancient lakes once having existed on Mars, I thought it might be a good time to point out that Ocean Worlds; The Story of Seas on Earth and Other Planets by Jan Zalasiewicz and Mark Williams is scheduled to be published by Oxford University Press this coming January.
As a child of the great days of the space program, I grew up with with visible proof that through diligent study, teamwork, insatiable curiosity and the willingness to dream bigger than anyone should think rational, human beings could accomplish amazing things. A man didn’t walk on the surface of the moon because he was […]