NASA Mars Rover Draws Giant Penis On The Surface Of Red Planet

Anybody who has kept up with the Curiosity Rover's antics on Twitter will know NASA has a cheeky sense of humour; but we never expected this.  Looks like an employee has used the Rover to draw a giant penis on the surface of Mars.  The photo in question shows one of Spirit’s or Opportunity’s tyre tracks leaving a very appendage-looking impression in the Martian dust.

One small step for man, one giant leap for phallic symbolism.

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Researcher Recreates What The Big Bang Sounded Like

In the beginning, there was bass.  University of Washington physicist John Cramer has used sophisticated data from a recent satellite mission to produce an audio recreation of the big bang.

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NASA's Curiosity Rover Finds Conditions Once Suited For Life On Mars

NASA's Curisoity Rover has discovered evidence that Mars had the conditions necessary to support life.  An analysis of a rock sample collected by Curiosity shows the red planet could have supported living microbes in its history. 

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NASA Finds A Space Invader In The Deep Cosmos

NASA's Hubble Telescope found a Space Invader in this massive cluster of galaxies, known as Abell 68.  The gravitational field surrounding it acts as a naturally distorting lens. This produces a fun house mirror effect, and created this shape similar to that of a simulated alien from the classic 1970s game.

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NASA's 'RASSOR' Robot Could Help Us Colonise The Moon

NASA is working on a robot that will help them find water on the moon. Named RASSOR (Regolith Advanced Surface Systems Operations Robot), this excavator has been built to extract water, ice, and other resources from lunar soil.

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'ATHLETE.' NASA's Next Robot Walker To Build A Moon Base

In NASA’s continued ambition to further space exploration, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory has designed the next rover to build and supply a future lunar base. The ATHLETE (All-Terrain Hex-Limbed Extra-Terrestrial Explorer) is designed to tackle any terrain the moon could throw at it, while transporting tools, equipment and personnel in the process.

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Mars Rover Curiosity To Drill Into First Martian Rock. Search For Evidence Of Water

NASA has announced that the Mars rover Curiosity will drill into Martian rock for the first time to look for proof that water once existed on the Red Planet.

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Weekend Reading: Gadget Show Live Christmas, Real-Life Transformers And Portal On A Calculator

Let's be honest, it's a Sunday and everyone is feeling one of two conditions: hungover or extremely lazy.  Since I'm feeling both of these, I shall be brief.  The last thing you want to do is go on a content discovery mission through our vast back catalogue of original news, reviews, interviews and features.  So, with this in mind, welcome to 'Weekend Reading.'

This is a selection of pieces on New Rising Media from the week gone by, compiled by the Editor-in-chief (the hungover man, me), which you may have missed, or fancy reading again.

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Manned Commercial Flights To The Moon By 2020. $1.4 Billion For A Ticket

Former NASA executives unveiled "The Golden Spike Company," which plans to send manned spaceflights to the moon by 2020, offering private expeditions to governments and private stakeholders for $1.4 billion per flight.

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NASA Announces Multi-Year Mars Program. New Rover Mission In 2020

NASA has announced plans for a robust multi-year Mars program, including a new "robotic science rover" set to launch in 2020, and the launch of two spacecraft to research the atmosphere of the red planet, with a view to commence in 2013.

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