1972 Soviet postage stamp commemorating the Mars 2 probe

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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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Tag: Kennedy Space Center

  • Cheaper! Faster! Kitschier!

    NASA kitsch from the Space Coast of Florida where I spent my vacation:

    A ticket booth in Kennedy Space Center. It’s a great symbol of all government space programs.

    This obscene looking 3d mural greeted me in the airport. This is a great illustration for this proposed technology.

    A phone booth in a shape of a Mercury landing module. Classy.

    It’s awesome that I didn’t meet the mascot that I’ve seen on the KSC brochure.

    I would have kicked him in the nuts.

    Oh, did I mention that they piped horrible Christmas MuzakTM everywhere?

    Well, on the other hand I’ve seen some cool things there. But that’s for another post.

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