Millionaire plans to send man and woman to Mars and back | The Raw Story

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/02/27/millionaire-plans-to-send-man-and-woman-to-mars-and-back/

*Chemical rockets. Too slow. - Dan

How Dennis Tito could send humans to Mars and back by 2020

http://m.io9.com/5985923/dennis-tito-wants-to-send-humans-to-mars-and-back-by-2020-can-he-do-it

India plans $70 million mission to Mars in 2013 | The Raw Story

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/02/21/india-plans-70-million-mission-to-mars-in-2013/

NASA spots giant, fast-growing sunspot that could lead to big solar flares

http://m.networkworld.com/community/blog/nasa-spots-giant-fast-growing-sunspot-could-lead-big-solar-flares?source=NWWNLE_nlt_afterdark_2013-02-20

Massive 300 million-year-old asteroid impact zone discovered in Australian outback | The Raw Story

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/02/20/massive-300-million-year-old-asteroid-impact-zone-discovered-in-australian-outback/

*This is why we need to radically re-design our access to space; so that we can lower launch costs and build off-world colonies. - Dan

Scientists looking beyond Earth in search for ‘rare earths’ elements | The Raw Story

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/02/20/scientists-looking-beyond-earth-in-search-for-rare-earths-elements/

‘Extremely Large Telescope’ will be able to find oxygen on other planets | The Raw Story

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/02/19/extremely-large-telescope-will-be-able-to-find-oxygen-on-other-planets/

NASA briefly lost communication with International Space Station | The Raw Story

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/02/19/nasa-briefly-lost-communication-with-international-space-station/

How Nicolaus Copernicus rewrote the rules of the solar system | The Raw Story

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/02/19/how-nicolaus-copernicus-rewrote-the-rules-of-the-solar-system/

NASA scrambles for better meteor and asteroid detection | The Raw Story

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/02/18/nasa-scrambles-for-better-meteor-and-asteroid-detection/

Scientists ‘on the threshold’ of major dark matter discovery | The Raw Story

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/02/18/scientists-on-the-threshold-of-major-dark-matter-discovery/