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Beyond Earth

How to go — and why: visions of a human future in which we not only endure but prevail

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Space Stations •
Moon •
Mars •
Settlement •
NASA •
Astronomy •
Space Policy •
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Essay | Fall 2021

Fall 2021

  • Rand Simberg

Walmart, But for Space

Cheapness isn’t just about rockets — it will change the design of everything we send up.

Rand Simberg

Review | Spring 2021

Spring 2021

  • Charles T. Rubin

The Case Against the Case Against Space

If we had to solve the human condition before we tried anything new, we’d never try anything new.

Charles T. Rubin

Symposium | Fall 2010

Fall 2010

The New U.S. Space Policy

NASA’s Course Correction
Opening Space with a ‘Transorbital Railroad’
In Search of a Conservative Space Policy

Symposium | Fall 2007

Fall 2007

A Half-Century in Space

Debating Hannah Arendt’s “The Conquest of Space and the Stature of Man”
The Conquest of Space and the Stature of Man
Nature, Man, and Common Sense
Science and Totalitarianism
Thumos in Space
Chariots in the Sky
Our Proud Human Future

Symposium

Human Uniqueness in the Cosmos

Are we an insignificant speck?
Searching for Other Earths
Meaning in a Silent Universe
The Fine-Tuning of Nature’s Laws
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Symposium | Summer/Fall 2018

Summer/Fall 2018

The Space Renaissance

Moon Direct
The Return of the Space Visionaries
Lost on Mars

Essay | Fall 2019

Fall 2019

  • Robert Zubrin

The Mars Decision

How to show that American democracy can still do great things

Robert Zubrin

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Essay | Spring 2019

Spring 2019

  • Alan Jacobs

After Technopoly

Technocratic solutionism is dying. To replace it, we must learn again the creation and reception of myth.

Alan Jacobs

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Essay | Summer 2019

Summer 2019

  • Robert Zubrin

NASA’s Next 50 Years

A half-century after Apollo, the agency risks irrelevance. It’s time for a real — and different — mission.

Robert Zubrin

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Essay | Summer/Fall 2018

Summer/Fall 2018

  • Micah Meadowcroft

Lost on Mars

Why space colonization will disappoint you

From: The Space Renaissance

Micah Meadowcroft

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