Comments on: The art of exploring Mars

By: Messier Tidy Upper

Messier Tidy Upper — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 04:12:04 +0000

@ ^ Ken B : Yeah, that’s almost funny. Almost. Ironically the fictional movie that probably ~~sparked~~ boosted much of the Moon Hoax conspiracy theory rubbish – Capricorn One (wiki-linked to my name here) – was actually based on a faked Mars landing plotline.

@8. Will : Really? Are people really that ignorant and confused between fiction and reality?

Whoah, that’s just sad.

Is that just an impression though or are there any depressing stats or evidence to back that up?

Hmm ..Do I even want to know? Guess so.

By: Ken B

Ken B — Thu, 31 May 2012 17:17:59 +0000

@Will… What’s worse? Those who believe we’ve been to Mars because they think the artist conceptions are “real”, or those who believe the “proof” that the Moon landings were faked?

(And I wonder if there is any overlap? Those who believe NASA faked the Moon landings, but that we’ve been to Mars.)

By: Will

Will — Thu, 31 May 2012 13:01:22 +0000

@ND You don’t have to worry about historians in the future…worry about students today. There is very little critical thinking applied to the tsunami of images and words they consume every day, and they end up full of an astounding variety of misconceptions. Many of them think we’ve been there, many think we’ve discovered life there, many think we’ve done all of the missions that have only ever happened in a CGI artist’s dreams.

By: Messier Tidy Upper

Messier Tidy Upper — Thu, 31 May 2012 03:55:27 +0000

Awesome artwork, can’t wait til we land there for real – hope it happens in my lifetime, ASAP really. 8)

The white area in the background looks like a saltpan. Like some of those in the northern desert half (well two thirds really) of my own state of South Australia – which I gather stands in for Mars quite well and was used to film the movie ‘Pitch Black’ among others. Some of the sets are still up at Coober Pedy, seen ‘em myself.

Wonder if they’ll ever hold a space fest in my state or even nation? Would love to be able to go to one.

By: SpKregar

SpKregar — Wed, 30 May 2012 23:24:41 +0000

Amazing.. See you both at SpaceFest! Iv’e been looking forward to it!

By: ND

ND — Wed, 30 May 2012 22:22:01 +0000

I hope this doesn’t get confused as an actual Mars landing image by historians far in the future.

By: Neal

Neal — Wed, 30 May 2012 20:02:59 +0000

nice

By: OtherRob

OtherRob — Wed, 30 May 2012 18:49:57 +0000

Oh, how I hope I live to see this happen in real life.

By: MKS

MKS — Wed, 30 May 2012 18:13:31 +0000

Is that you I see in the background, Phil, sipping a cocktail made from some water ice on Mars? :3

By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 30 May 2012 17:49:59 +0000

It IS an excellent image.

I think, had I made it, that I would not have been able to resist giving the suits a red/green/gold coloration, a la Marvin the Martian, rather than white.