Evan Plant - Weir HBSc is a space exploration enthusiast and a Co-Founder of the Mars Society of Canada.
Yesterday evening marked a significant turning point in human spaceflight, with the first operational mission of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program getting underway. CSA Astronaut David Saint-Jacques shared his comments on this historical moment. From Yuri Gagarin’s landmark voyage 59 years… Read More »Canadian Astronaut: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 Mission is “the dawn of a new era”
Today Jim Bridenstine showed us under the hood of NASA’s current Moon program, with a candor that cuts through otherwise nebulous public relations rhetoric. Finally, I almost get it. The Artemis program often receives harsh criticism within the space exploration… Read More »NASA Administrator points to the Moon as a political gateway to Mars (opinion)
What will it mean to be human for our descendants? Will children born in the coming centuries find a sense of pride as a member of our kind? Will their place in the ever reaching limbs of the Sapiens family… Read More »An Heirloom to a Civilization
Are you new to the concept of Mars colonization? Having seen images of the dusty surface, perhaps you found yourself wondering: “How could we possibly bring enough supplies to survive there?” The human exploration and settlement of Mars will not… Read More »Mars Resources Infographic
It can be easy to forget, but we are all participants in a shared journey. Our lives are woven into the ancient sequence of events that constitute the history of our species. Crossing the millennia, from the early struggling of… Read More »A Story of Courage
Should Humanity go to Mars? As the cost of spaceflight tumbles in the wake of maturing reusable launch systems and blooming private space industry, the public Zeitgeist turns its eyes on Mars. Now more than ever, the door to exploring… Read More »Our Greatest Duty