1972 Soviet postage stamp commemorating the Mars 2 probe

worth a read

Mars For The Rest of Us — a weekly-or-more deep dive on the technical side of Mars exploration: rocket propulsion, microbiology, mission architecture, and everything in between. Written by Maciej Ceglowski.

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Dead Programmer's Cafe

Tag: Epic films

  • Empire Strikes Back

    As I was channel surfing, I caught a snippet of one of the terrible new Star Wars episodes. As I could not pay any attention to the wooden acting and turgid dialogue, I noticed something interesting in the background. What is Empire State Building doing on Coruscant?

  • New Avatar

    I’ve got a new avatar for my journal:

    It was drawn for me by Howard Tayler, author of one of my favorite web comics, Schlock Mercenary.
    Hopefully on the way is another drawing of me, this time by David Farley, author of amazing Dr. Fun.

1972 Soviet postage stamp commemorating the Mars 2 probe

worth a read

Mars For The Rest of Us — a weekly-or-more deep dive on the technical side of Mars exploration: rocket propulsion, microbiology, mission architecture, and everything in between. Written by Maciej Ceglowski.

Read it on Substack →