The Curiosity lander has successfully reached the surface of Mars and appears to be intact. Images began appearing at 10:40 PM PDT. Curiosity is the most complex automated space mission every attempted by mankind.

The craft’s descent-stage retrorockets fired as it descended, slowing its approach to the surface. In the most difficult part of the landing, nylon cords lowered the rover to the ground in the "sky crane" maneuver. When the spacecraft sensed touchdown, the connecting cords were severed, and the descent stage flew out of the way. The landing took place at about three o’clock in the afternoon Mars time at the landing site, and 10:31 PM PDT at JPL mission control.
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On Dreamland, John Brandenburg makes a strong case that there was a nuclear explosion on Mars in the distant past. For our subscribers, John Brandenburg tells us what he believes might have caused this explosion, when it might have happened, and what the consequences might have been in our own lives and on our own planet.

Whitley Strieber asks John some very frank questions. If the explosion was not natural, for example, then who are we? Did we have a war with Mars? Why was one close encounter witness told that Mars and Earth had a war in the distant past, and while Mars was destroyed, we were captured in a very unique and disturbing way? How likely are any of the legends and ideas about Mars that depart from established thinking?
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Riveting new information about Mars this week. Why are there indications that an enormous nuclear explosion might have taken place on Mars eons ago? What caused Cydonia to look like an archaeological site? Was Mars ever earthlike? Dr. John Brandenburg lays out evidence for a huge nuclear explosion that essentially destroyed life on Mars.

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A new study leads researchers to conclude that there is an extensive amount of water in the interior of Mars, a conclusion that is very different from earlier speculations. Astronomers discovered this by analyzing meteorites that originated from the surface of the planet.

In fact, the research suggests that the volume of water within the Martian mantle is similar to the volume of water in Earth’s upper mantle. In other words, there’s an equal amount of water on Mars, you just have to dig for it.
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