The Final Frontier
Like the old Wild West, the Moon offers the prospect of resources to exploit and land to settle. Artemis II's successful mission is just the beginning.
Stephen Fleming
· 10 min read
Space
A collection of 13 posts
Musk Is Enticed by the Lunar Siren
Elon Musk should remain focused on Mars; diverting to the Moon would be a mistake.
Robert Zubrin
· 18 min read
The Artemis Project
The race is on to build a base for permanent human habitation on the Moon.
Peter Hague
· 7 min read
Space for Australians
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.
Tim Blomfield
· 6 min read
Closer to Mars
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.
Peter Hague
· 7 min read
A Home on the High Frontier
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.
Peter Hague
· 7 min read
Catching the Starship: A Breakthrough for Humanity
It is now more likely than not that humans will reach Mars, which will transform life on this planet and beyond.
Peter Hague
· 8 min read
The Case for Life on Mars
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.
Stephen Fleming
· 15 min read
Space: The Ultimate (Boardgaming) Frontier
A homage to Phil Eklund’s masterpiece, High Frontier, on its twenty-fifth birthday.
Jonathan Kay
· 11 min read
What We Can Create on Mars
Mars contains all the materials needed to support not only life but technological civilization.
Robert Zubrin
· 18 min read
Why We Should Settle Mars
Space exploration will bring us inventions that benefit humanity. And it will help us avoid war.
Robert Zubrin
· 13 min read
Astrobiology: The Rise and Fall of a Nascent Science
Premature claims, distorted results, and ‘decolonizing’ the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
Lawrence M. Krauss
· 12 min read
PODCAST 76: Venture capitalist Michael Solana on the coming corporatization of Mars
Venture capitalist Michael Solana talks to Jonathan Kay about interstellar corporatocracy—and why we should welcome it. He wrote about this recently in Quillette as part of the ‘Our Martian Moment’ series.
Quillette
· 1 min read