Mars is 250 million miles from Earth at the farthest point in the planets' orbits. Sheer distance makes unpredictable weather, unexpected illness and even homesickness potentially deadly problems. Residents of the future Mars base won't be able to count on a rescue mission.
For other Devil's Trumpet, see Datura (disambiguation). Datura is a genus of nine species of poisonous vespertine flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae. They are commonly known as daturas, but also known as devil's trumpets, not to be confused with angel's trumpets, its closely related genus Brugmansia.
Digital Audio Tape. Digital Audio Tape (DAT or R-DAT) is a signal recording and playback medium developed by Sony and introduced in 1987.[1] In appearance it is similar to a Compact Cassette, using 3.81 mm / 0.15 (commonly referred to as 4 mm) magnetic tape enclosed in a protective shell, but is roughly half the size at 73 mm Ã 54 mm Ã 10.5 mm.