Mars Online
The satellite industry began as science fiction, and visions of the future have always been an important part of it. With Earth so well-covered, visionaries are now looking to other planets. NASA has already committed itself to permanent communications satellites around Mars, and even more ambitious schemes exist on paper.
The Pathfinder Mars probe in 1998 produced one of the world's most popular Websites, as people logged on to see a live video feed from the Martian surface. Some companies have suggested that this interest could be exploited to fund future space missions, for example, by making people pay to interact with them. Using a specially built flight simulator or their own computer, a customer could drive a lunar rover or ...
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