May 31, 2008: Phoenix On Mars

We've all been so busy around here that we nearly missed the Phoenix Lander arriving on Mars. Luckily, NASA has been blogging and documenting the mission on the Mars Exploration Program site.

Although I'm still disappointed that we don't have extraterrestrial colonies, and aren't likely to have them in the next decade, I'm thrilled at any steps forward in the space program. That's why I'm a little reluctant to contaminate this post of genuine elation with a blatantly commercial link to GURPS Mars. But I will, so that when the colonies do start accepting applications, I've got the cash to make the trip.
-- Paul Chapman