While it will probably take at least another 20 years before Zubrin -- or anyone else for that matter -- makes it to the Martian surface, NASA and other space agencies are already drawing up plans for a voyage that will present astronauts not only with physical but also psychological challenges never faced by humans before.

CNN: Mars on the brain? Red Planet pioneers to face cosmic mind trip

The successful splashdown Thursday of SpaceX's Dragon capsule, the world's first commercial space cargo ship, is drawing high praise from spaceflight experts and lawmakers alike.

MSN: SpaceX showered with praise for success of Dragon mission

The result was that, as the Americans were building up in Iraq in 2007, the British were drawing down (ostensibly to give Iraqis space to find their own solutions).

ECONOMIST: Britain's armed forces

Ms. Lee spent the day walking the flagship store's 1.1 million square feet of retail space to see which deals were drawing the best response.

WSJ: Macy's Black Friday Plan: Boots, Bieber

Morecambe came close to drawing level three minutes later when Paul Mullin found space in the box but struck his shot straight at Tony Roberts.

BBC: Dag & Red 6-0 Morecambe

The small and sleek corner space gets packed out quickly at weekends, drawing in locals with classics such as fish and chips or a full English breakfast.

BBC: British cafes win favour in Paris

Mr. Broad hopes the space will have a "mini-Bilbao effect, " drawing cultural tourists who flock to architectural icons like the Frank Gehry's titanium-covered Guggenheim Museum in Spain.

WSJ: A Mini Bilbao Opens in Michigan

The daily deals space has been extremely hot, with the likes of Groupon and LivingSocial drawing big audiences for the discounts they offer for local businesses.

FORBES: Daily Deals Growing Up With First Conference

After a wave of negative opinion, petitions, charity campaigns and cupcake donations, gamers upset over the lack of choice in Mass Effect 3 convinced the writers and developers at Bioware that the ending to their epic space trilogy was imperfect, and that they had to go back to the drawing board to satisfy gamers.

FORBES: Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut Coming Tuesday, June 26