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Beyond Earth

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

Read the Editors’ Introduction
Space Stations •
Moon •
Mars •
Settlement •
NASA •
Astronomy •
Space Policy •
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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

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

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 | 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

Essay | Summer/Fall 2018

Summer/Fall 2018

  • Robert Zubrin

Moon Direct

A purpose-driven plan to open the lunar frontier

From: The Space Renaissance

Robert Zubrin

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Review | Spring 2017

Spring 2017

  • George Weigel

Grit, Gus, and Glory

Restoring the reputation of an unsung American hero

George Weigel

Essay | Spring/Summer 2016

Spring/Summer 2016

  • Rand Simberg

Getting Over ‘Apolloism’

The 1960s missions to the Moon are a bad template for today’s space program.

Rand Simberg

Essay | Fall 2015

Fall 2015

  • Sara Seager

Searching for Other Earths

How — and why — we look for exoplanets

From: Human Uniqueness in the Cosmos

Sara Seager

Essay | Winter 2011

Winter 2011

  • James C. Bennett

Proposing a ‘Coast Guard’ for Space

James C. Bennett

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