Submission + - Ray Bradbury dead at 91 (io9.com)
barefoot_professor writes: Ray Bradbury, beloved science fiction author, has passed away. Need I say more? ;'(
Submission + - Human Colony on Mars by 2023 (yahoo.com)
barefoot_professor writes: Company Mars One ( http://mars-one.com/ ) aims to establish a permanent human colony on Mars by 2023. The project is to be privately funded by advertising and media attention, the ultimate reality show. Missions will begin in 2016 establishing a habitable settlement that will be ready when the first colonists arrive. New colonists are planned to arrive every two years after the first settlers in 2023.
