Editorial illustrator and data visualizer Bryan Christie created this fantastic graphic of Mars missions. Higher res at imgur. (via Laughing Squid)
Infographic of Mars missions
Editorial illustrator and data visualizer Bryan Christie created this fantastic graphic of Mars missions. Higher res at imgur. (via Laughing Squid)
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Awesome! This is a beautiful depiction of all the possible information regarding Mars travel from Earth.
A similar chart for Moon would be more crowded, but interesting nevertheless!
That's gorgeous. I love the mix of the old-timey and the modern.
The look of it kind of brings back the days when Mars was a vaguely-menacing unknown slowly crossing our skies, when we knew next to nothing about it and all we had to fill in the gap was our imagination. A boy, did we have some imagination.
It bears a curious resemblance to the moment of conception.
@Verre
Are you suggesting that sometimes a miscommunication between the male reproductive system and Lockheed Martin over measurements can cause failure to conceive?
Are you saying that Mars is pregnant? I wonder what the gestation period will be! We're gonna be daddies!
As cool as it would be to visit another planet in person, I think I'll hold off on buying my ticket until the success-to-failure ratio improves a bit more.
A) I love infographics and B) this coincides with my interests. I want this wall-sized.
Just this past weekend one of the Toronto papers reproduced this fantastic infographic from the National Geographic - Fifty Years of Space Exploration. Enjoy! We did.
http://books.nationalgeographic.com/map/map-day/index