Mars will come the closest to Earth it has been since November 2005 on Monday after it moved to the direct opposite side of the Earth as the sun Sunday morning in a phenomenon called opposition.

Download the free app "Skyview" to your phone and it'll be a lot easier to locate everything.

Oh, and Nasa? If you are reading this, I am more than willing to make the one way trip! Oh yeah, I will sign whatever papers are necessary. Let me know what works. 

  Kris St. Buck Rogers

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