Mars500 Was a 520 Day Mock Mission to Mars That Revealed What Long Isolation Really Does to People

The purpose of the project was to gather knowledge, experience, and data points to help prepare for an actual mission…

Project West Ford Was a Wild Cold War Plan in 1963 to Wrap Earth in Copper Needles

In 1963, the United States military launched almost half a billion thin copper wires into orbit in an attempt to…

Mars500 Was a 520 Day Mock Mission to Mars That Revealed What Long Isolation Really Does to People

The purpose of the project was to gather knowledge, experience, and data points to help…

Beatriz Flamini Spent 500 Days Alone in a Cave and Came Out Wanting a Beer and a Shower

Of her own volition, Beatriz Flamini, the 50-year-old professor, entered the cave on November 21,…

Atari’s E.T. Game Became a Landfill Legend Until the 2014 Dig Proved It

In September 1983, a rumour spread that tons of game cartridges had been crushed and…

Biosphere 2 Was a Strange 1990s Mars Experiment That MrBeast Just Made Famous Again

As dawn crept closer, eight biospherians lay under watch as oxygen inside the sealed structure…