With the announcement of NASA’s Mars 2020 Rover name today we are standing firmly on the threshold of a great era of Mars Science which is set to swing into full gear this year. NASA’s Perseverance Rover will launch in the summer, heading for our distant neighbour, and is expected to touch down on Mars
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December 6, 2019
Cheryl
NEWS
Discovery Program, Elysium Planitia, HP3, InSIght, Mars, Mars InSight Probe, Mars Mission, NASA, NASA INSight, RISE, Science, science and technology, scientific experiment, SEIS, space exploration, The Red Planet
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It’s been a little over a year since NASA’s InSight lander touched down on Mars on Elysium Planitia on Mars. In that year a remarkable amount of scientific data has been recorded and analysed by NASA. But before we get into what’s been happening on Mars, here’s a quick recap of InSight’s incredible journey and
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August 28, 2019
Cheryl
NEWS
authors on twitter, book marketing, book promotion, book release, book sequel, book series, book signing, indie author, marketing, Mars, Mars Mission, Mars settlement, Rubicon, Sci-Fi, sci-fi book, science fiction book, science fiction novel, self-marketing, self-promotion, social media for authors, social media marketing, Space adventure, Storm At Dawn, survive on Mars, We Are Mars
Storm At Dawn quietly entered the arena this past weekend on a little table, in a curling arena in the middle of southern BC, Canada. It was an inauspicious launch for the second book in the Rubicon Saga, but it was exactly how I wanted it – no Drama! Well, maybe there could have been
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August 2, 2019
Cheryl
NEWS
book marketing, book promotion, book release, book sequel, book series, book writing, Break the Dark, indie author, life on Mars, Mars, Mars settlement, Sci-Fi, sci-fi book, science fiction book, science fiction novel, self-marketing, Space adventure, space exploration, Storm At Dawn, We Are Mars, writing community
A little over a year ago, I only had one novel. I was a bit panicked because I’d set a precedent and I had to write a follow-up to We Are Mars. To say I was intimidated, is an understatement! How was I going to write a new book to compete and compare to a
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May 15, 2019
Cheryl
NEWS
book marketing, book promotion, book release, book review, book sequel, book series, book signing, book writing, indie author, indie publisher, life on Mars, marketing, Mars, Mars Mission, Mars settlement, Rubicon, Sci-Fi, sci-fi book, science fiction book, self-marketing, self-promotion, social media for authors, Space adventure, The Red Planet, We Are Mars
If you had told me five years ago, that I would be a science fiction author with one book out, and another on the way, I would have laughed at you. Seriously. Even today, I have a hard time grasping what has happened since I dived in and did this thing. I sit here today,
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January 23, 2019
Cheryl
INSIGHTS, OPINION
Blue Origins, Elon Musk, extra-planetary, food production, habitat, Jeff Bezos, life on Mars, Mars, Mars experiments, Mars exploration, Mars Lander, Mars Mission, Mars rover, Mars settlement, multi-planetary, NASA, Red Planet, Richard Branson, robotic rover, rockets, science and technology, Space adventure, space technology, Space-X, survive on Mars, Virgin Galactic
In recent years, we’ve seen much news and hype about space-related programmes that feature Mars. Mars is nothing new in science and media. In fact, early stories written about Mars date back hundreds of years. There is a fascination with Mars that stems from our drive as a species to know more, explore and discover
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January 3, 2019
Cheryl
NEWS
book release, book sequel, book series, extra-planetary, life on Mars, Mars, Mars settlement, NASA, Sci-Fi, science fiction book, science fiction novel, space, Space adventure, space exploration, space flight, We Are Mars
2018 was a great year for me. We Are Mars has been a success, in spite of it being a debut novel. More importantly, it has connected me with amazing people, the world over, who share a love of space and books. I couldn’t have asked for a more positive start to my career as
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December 12, 2018
Cheryl
NEWS, OPINION
3-D printed habitat, Andy Weir, cosmic radiation, cosmos, Curiosity Rover, Elon Musk, extra-planetary, HiRISE, life on Mars, magnetosphere, Mars, Mars disaster, Mars InSight Probe, Mars Mission, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Mars settlement, multi-planetary, NASA, National Geographic, Opportunity Rover, radiation, rockets, Sci-Fi, solar flare, Space adventure, space exploration, space flight, Space-X, survive in space, survive on Mars, terraforming Mars, The Martian, The Red Planet, We Are Mars
Whether you’re a science nerd like me, or you are someone else getting on with life, you’ll probably know Mars has been in the news a lot in 2018. The momentum has been gathering for some time, but an announcement in late 2017, by Elon Musk, caused a stir that threw a spotlight on our
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November 28, 2018
Cheryl
NEWS
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It has been an exciting week in science this week. On Monday, November 26th, the Mars InSight Probe landed on Mars to begin its science studies of the interior characteristics of the Red Planet. But the journey started years ago with plans to send a planetary probe that would investigate the inner workings of Mars.
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September 5, 2018
Cheryl
NEWS
atmosphere, Curiosity, Curiosity Rover, Gale Crater, Mars, Mars atmosphere, Mars disaster, Mars dust storm, Mars exploration, Mars sol, NASA, NASA Rovers, Opportunity, Opportunity Rover, Oppy, Save Oppy, Science, sol, sols, space exploration, space science, Spirit Rover, tau, Viking probe
Maybe you’ve heard, but if not, there was recently a planet-wide dust storm all over Mars. This is not a very unusual phenomenon – large-scale storms blow across Mars fairly regularly. Their existence was first recorded by the Viking probes that landed on Mars in the 1970’s. What made this storm so unusual was its
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