20 May 2022
The Red Planet a natural history of Mars
...’ve not yet got used to”. In the final chapter, he briefly discusses the ethics of developing Mars – from mining to terraforming – but reaches no firm conclusions. He does, however, state that this is “a debate that we have to have at the beginning...
01 April 2024
Astrotopia. The Dangerous Religion of the Corporate Space Race
... and privatization under the reigning economic strategy known as neoliberalism”. From ownership of extraterrestrial minerals to colonising and terraforming Mars, it’s all fair game for this author. Personally, I find the religious theme of the book...
01 April 2025
The New World on Mars - What we can Create on the Red Planet
... of American techno-optimism”, which seems fair. He is also an unapologetic proselytiser for the exploitation of space and terraforming Mars; and a staunch opposer of any form of restriction, from environmental protection to the Outer Space Treaty...
