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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Vaporware Announcements Should be Against The Law (actually I think they are)

Siliconfilm is still pumping out vapor, but Canon already has an 11 megapixel full 35 mm frame camera. And in a few years maybe I’ll be able to afford it.

Because of those Siliconfilm jerks I did not buy a digital camera for so long hoping that I could convert my film camera.

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