April 2025
A bun in the (space) oven - Reasons not to get pregnant while going around Earth at 7.8 kilometres per second
...’t quit birth control in orbit. Space settlement enthusiasts envision a time in the near future when people will colonise space, the Moon and Mars. But for an enduring population we will need to overcome many challenges, key...
May 2025
Mythologies of Outer Space - A new perspective on the final frontier
... alongside environmental movements and shifting political ideologies. Pak critiques contemporary enthusiasm for space colonisation – particularly among tech entrepreneurs like Elon Musk – who frame interplanetary settlement as a solution to Earth...
May 2025
A time zone for the Moon
...are expected to be symmetrically connected to the Moon by space elevators, providing two extremely interesting foci for mass colonisation of the lunar environment. In practice, it will be more convenient to carry out all basic navigation calculations...
02 September 2015
Getting to know the 100 Mars One finalists
..., plans to land four human beings on Mars as early as 2027. And they launched a competition to determine the final 24 colonisers, who are supposed to travel to the Red Planet in groups of four. It will be a one-way ticket. None expect...
11 January 2016
Space Mining company showcase the first 3D printed object made from asteroid metals
Colonising raw materials found in space to perhaps one day provide fuel or homes for future space pioneers has ...
25 April 2016
Near-Earth asteroid population smaller than thought
... parts could be used to develop space structures and to help generate the rocket fuel needed to explore and colonise worlds beyond our own. Asteroid mining has the potential to be an enormous market revenue with estimates of the...
