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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 •
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Review | Spring 2024

Spring 2024

  • Rand Simberg

There Is a Planet B

In a new book, the pioneer who figured out how to get to Mars imagines how to stay there.

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

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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

  • Rand Simberg

The Return of the Space Visionaries

How space tycoons are bringing back the dream of truly settling the “high frontier” — and how policy can catch up

From: The Space Renaissance

Rand Simberg

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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

Essay | Spring 2018

Spring 2018

  • James Poulos

For the Love of Mars

Why settling the Red Planet can lift us from our antihuman malaise

James Poulos

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Online Exclusive | October 21, 2016

October 21, 2016

  • Robert Zubrin

Colonizing Mars

A Critique of the SpaceX Interplanetary Transport System

Robert Zubrin

State of the Art | Winter 2007

Winter 2007

  • Jeff Foust

Back to the Moon, To Stay?

NASA’s Plans for a Lunar Base

Jeff Foust

Essay | Spring 2005

Spring 2005

  • Robert Zubrin

Getting Space Exploration Right

Robert Zubrin

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