25 years ago, Red Planet and Mission to Mars competed for the title of biggest Mars flop

Mars is still out of reach for a manned mission, let alone actual colonization, but it’s loomed for years as a natural next ...
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25 Years Ago, Mars Was Responsible For Two Big Sci-Fi Box Office Bombs

The year 2000 saw an obsession with movies about other planets, and two of the biggest sci-fi bombs of the year were both ...
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Mars rover captures first close-up photos of giant 'spiderwebs' on the Red Planet

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. New images from NASA's Curiosity rover show a series of "boxwork" ridges, which looks like large ...
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Mars Mania: How America Became Obsessed with Mars

Near the start of the 20th century, a strange phenomenon swept the country — "Mars Mania," a public obsession with the idea, pushed by astronomer Percival Lowell, that Mars was home to an intelligent ...