Inside a Utah desert facility preparing humans for life on Mars

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Hidden among the majestic canyons of the Utah desert, about 7 miles from the nearest town, is a small research facility meant to prepare humans for life on Mars. The Mars Society, a nonprofit organization that runs the Mars Desert Research Station, or MDRS, invited CNBC to shadow one of its analog crews on a […]


Challenges face Elon Musk and NASA in sending people to Mars

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President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, want to make living on Mars a reality.  Musk has said that his company, SpaceX, can get humans to Mars as early as 2029. Meanwhile, NASA officials have said that sending humans to Mars even by 2040 would be an “audacious” goal. China also has […]


Former executive of Mars candy subsidiary charged with stealing $28 million from company

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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Before his arrest Wednesday, Paul Steed was a respected sugar market expert for a subsidiary of famed candymaker Mars Inc. He served on a U.S. trade advisory committee for sweeteners as well as on industry group boards, while giving presentations at conferences. Paul Steed, of Stamford, Connecticut, is accused in a […]