Wired Magazine

Issue 12.12 | December 2004

The Age of Exploration

The Drive to Discover
The drive to discover is in our DNA. We can't afford not to go to Mars - and much further.
By James Cameron

Dive! Dive! Dive!
Milestones on the voyage to the bottom of the sea
By Michael Menduno

To Hell and Back
Bill Stone has invented diving gear and roving robots to explore the deepest - and deadliest - caves on earth. In the icy water 4,500 feet below Mexico he had to figure out how to bring his dead friend home. [ Coming November 30 ]
By Jeffrey M. O'Brien

After the X Prize
NASA's astronauts had their chance, says Burt Rutan. Get ready for the new age of private space exploration. [ Coming December 1 ]

Plus:
[ Coming November 29 ]

• Mapping the Deep by Erika Check	• The New Space Race by Bruce Sterling
• Gearing Up by Robert D. Ballard	• 5 Ways to Get to Mars by Michael Behar
• Aliens of the Abyss by Joe MacInnis	• Mission to Mars: Staying Alive Q&A: Don Pettit
• The Wild Blue Under by Sylvia A. Earle	• Staying Sane by John Geirland
• The New Atlantis by Jennifer Hilner	• The E.T. Equation by Frank Drake
• 10 Lessons from Biosphere 2 by David L. Chandler	• Taming the Red Planet by Kim Stanley Robinson
• Cave New World by Penny Boston	• The Martian Makeover by Frederick Pohl
• Mapping the Cosmos by Patrick Di Justo	• Man vs. Machine by Andrew Chaikin
• The Next Giant Leap Q&A: Buzz Aldrin	•NASA's Germbuster Q&A: Norine Noonan
• The Man Who Runs NASA Q&A: Sean O'Keefe	• Next Stop, Europa by Steven Kotler

Features

When Cell Phone Hackers Attack
They hijack your handset and bug your calls. Why spam, scams, and viruses are coming soon to a phone near you. [ Coming December 2 ]
By Annalee Newitz

The Cuban Biotech Revolution
Embargo or no, Castro's socialist paradise has quietly become a pharmaceutical powerhouse. (They're still working on the capitalism thing.) [ Coming December 6 ]
By Douglas Starr

Roads Gone Wild
No street signs. No crosswalks. No accidents. Surprise: Making driving seem more dangerous could make it safer. [ Coming December 7 ]
By Tom McNichol

Wired Tools 2004
The coolest geek shopping list ever - 129 of the best screens, cams, phones, games and gadgets of the year [ Coming December 3 ]
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