Mars (Planet) - Exploration

Date: 2010

From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers

Reference: DCDL-0015504

Description: Prince Charles thinks that it would be a good idea if all New Zealanders and Australians were sent to colonise Mars since they are 'talking republic stuff again after Mummy goes'. Text reads 'Buzz Aldrin wants New Zealanders and Australians to colonise Mars'. Buzz Aldrin thinks that NASA astronauts shouldn't go back to the moon but should aim for Mars. Aldrin thinks that a co-operative global effort needs to be established to make Mars an affordable goal for mankind and that countries like Australia and New Zealand should be involved. Both New Zealand and Australia has been talking about cutting ties with Great Britain when the queen dies. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0016037

Description: A woman opens the door to be greeted by a reporter who wants to interview her because she has apparently volunteered for a one-way trip to Mars. She turns to her husband and children and demands to know who has volunteered her. Two scientists are suggesting that colonization of the red planet could happen faster and more economically if astronauts behaved like the first settlers to come to North America - not expecting to go home. "The main point is to get Mars exploration moving," said Dirk Schulze-Makuch, a Washington State University professor who co-authored an article that seriously proposes what sounds like a preposterous idea. Schulze-Makuch and Paul Davies, a physicist at Arizona State University, argue that humans must begin colonizing another planet as a hedge against a catastrophe on Earth. They believe the one-way trips could start in two decades. NASA is cool to the idea. (Yahoo News - 15 November 2010) Both colour and black and white versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0011383

Description: The 'Underzone' cartoon strip. The Mars rover is grabbed by an extraterrestrial child whose mother tells it to put the toy down and come and have its dinner. Refers to the fact that the rover 'Spirit' is now five years old and is showing its age. It has suffered several bouts of amnesia and other problems including sudden computer reboots and failure to wake up when called on. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

By: Waikato Times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0025864

Description: Shows a space shuttle heading towards the planet Mars with the caption "More than 100,000 people have applied for a one-way trip to Mars". A voice from inside the shuttle says "I hear they have a great scheme for first-home buyers". Refers to a change in bank lending rules requiring a higher deposit particularly impacting first home buyers in the New Zealand market. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0024128

Description: Shows a space shuttle heading for Mars, with the heading, 'Married couple sought to crew 500-day space flight to Mars.' Context: The Inspiration Mars Foundation, run by US millionaire and space tourist Dennis Tito, wants to send a husband-and-wife team on a round trip mission to Mars in 2018. (Space.com, 27 Feb 2013) Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

By: Waikato Times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0021666

Description: Refers to a Dutch group hopes to plant a permanent human colony on Mars. The mission, named "Mars One," aims to place four explorers on the Red Planet in 2023. They will remain on Mars for the rest of their lives. A new group will join the initial team on Mars every two years after the initial landing. (NYDaily News June 01 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0026639

Description: Captioned 'India launches mission to Mars', a stereotypical Indian corner dairy, with rocket and landing gear, approaches the Red Planet. On 5 November 2013 India launched its maiden Mission to Mars from Sriharikota in southern state of Andhra Pradesh. The PSLV carrying 'Mangalyaan' blasted off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota with an orbiter craft designed to orbit Mars in an elliptical orbit, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) earlier said in a statement. Meanwhile in New Zealand the stereotype of Indians as predominantly owners of corner dairies continued. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0022507

Description: Shows NASA's rover 'Curiosity' landing on Mars. The rover reports that there is "No sign of intelligent life... only the NZ Olympic Committee clutching an entry form for some shot putter". Refers to the New Zealand Olympic Committee making an administration error and forgetting to lodge the entry from for shot putter Valerie Adams in the Olympics. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0022518

Description: Shows a NASA control centre watching the screening of a Martian resembling a Muslim holding a protest sign 'Yankee go home'. Refers to the Mars Exploration Program with the landing of NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars and also the ongoing presence of American troops in Muslim nations such as Iraq and Afghanistan. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :Digital cartoons

By: Marlborough Express (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0022490

Description: A couple watch a Mars landing on television at the time of the 2012 Olympics and regard it as a 'long jump record'. Context: Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) is a robotic space probe mission to Mars launched by NASA on November 26, 2011, which successfully landed Curiosity, a Mars rover, in Gale Crater on August 6, 2012. The London 2012 Olympic Games was taking place at the same time. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0022741

Description: Shows Mana Party leader Hone Harawira planting a sign on the surface of Mars. The sign reads 'Anti-gang patch bans would be racist!!' Nearby is the Mars rover which reports back to Earth that it has still found no sign of intelligent life on another planet. Context: Refers to Rotorua MP Todd McClay's proposal to ban gang patches which has been described by Hone Harawira as racist. Refers also to Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) which is a robotic space probe mission to Mars launched by NASA on November 26, 2011, which successfully landed Curiosity, a Mars rover, in Gale Crater on August 6, 2012. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-: Digital cartoons published in New Zealand Herald

By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0022791

Description: Shows the enormous footprint of a '21st century man' on the surface of the moon. Context: Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) is a robotic space probe mission to Mars launched by NASA on November 26, 2011, which successfully landed Curiosity, a Mars rover, in Gale Crater on August 6, 2012. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0022613

Description: A group of green Martians is angrily protesting against the Mars Curiosity rover. They hold signs reading 'leave our water alone' 'keep off our assets' 'our land is Martian land' and 'save crater farms'. Context: NASA's Mars rover landed and began exploring Mars in September 2012. At the same time Maori made claims over ownership of water. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

By: Waikato Times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0022970

Description: An employee sits in the NASA control room with a group of other employees. On a large screen reading 'cyberspace' is an image of a box labelled 'deleted items'. The employee informs his colleague that 'the latest picture from Mars solves one of life's wee mysteries'. Context: In 2011 NASA sent a car-sized robotic mobile rover to Mars to investigate the possibility that the planet may have supported life. It landed in August 2012 and began sending images back to earth soon after. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Smith, Hayden James, 1976-:[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

By: Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0022941

Description: Shows the Mars Rover crashing onto a Martian building. A Martian general directs missiles towards the crash. Context: Refers to Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) which is a robotic space probe mission to Mars launched by NASA on November 26, 2011, which successfully landed Curiosity, a Mars rover, in Gale Crater on August 6, 2012. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).