A collection of 9 posts
New political and technological developments have eased Australia’s path to becoming a major partner for America’s commercial space industry. We should seize the chance.
If Elon Musk’s ambitious new plans for SpaceX are even partially successful—and it seems likely they will be—we'll be ready to send human crews to Mars within a decade.
Jeff Bezos is inspired by a vision that does not involve living on Mars—or on any planet besides Earth—but inhabiting artificial worlds in free space.
It is now more likely than not that humans will reach Mars, which will transform life on this planet and beyond.
Settling Mars isn’t just about making humanity a multi-planetary species. It is about improving life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for everyone on Earth.
A homage to Phil Eklund’s masterpiece, High Frontier, on its twenty-fifth birthday.
Mars contains all the materials needed to support not only life but technological civilization.
Space exploration will bring us inventions that benefit humanity. And it will help us avoid war.
Premature claims, distorted results, and ‘decolonizing’ the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.