28 May 2025
SpaceX faces renewed scrutiny over Mars ambitions after Starship malfunctions
...-term survival of humanity depends on becoming a multi-planetary species, with Mars as the most viable candidate for colonisation in this century. To achieve this, SpaceX has pursued an aggressively iterative testing model, often prioritising speed...
08 February 2019
ESA's new Mars rover has a new name
... martian equator to explore an ancient environment that was once water-rich and that could have been colonised by primitive life.
23 July 2020
China's Tianwen-1 Mars mission launches successfully
..., China has also remarked that the Tianwen-1 is also on fact-finding mission to see if one day it is possible to colonise Mars. "China's steadfast commitments to space probes and the development of the related science and technologies are...
01 April 2024
Astrotopia. The Dangerous Religion of the Corporate Space Race
... deregulation 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...
16 April 2024
The End Of Astronauts Why Robots are the Future of Exploration
... realms of low Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars and the asteroids. The final chapters cover space colonisation, the cost of space exploration and the relevance of space law. The volume is not illustrated, but includes...
23 September 2024
Elon Musk
... in one of two camps regarding Elon Musk: those who feel he is a publicity-seeking egotist with a crazy wish to colonise Mars; and those who know he has revolutionised the space business and want to know more about...
