We’re Betting Everything on One Exit Strategy
Everyone’s racing to get humanity off-world, and that’s a good thing. We should be building toward Mars, toward permanent space settlement,…
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The Single Point of Failure: Why We Need Both a Way Up and a Way Down
Every rocket launch injects water vapor and black carbon directly into the stratosphere — air that almost never sees moisture naturally,…
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A Trillion-Dollar Moon Plan, and a Cheaper Idea Sitting in Our Own Oceans
SpaceX just laid out one of its most ambitious plans yet: building a factory on the Moon to manufacture AI satellites,…
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The Power Problem Nobody’s Talking About
This week had two pieces of energy news worth looking at together. First, SpaceX said it will start making its own…
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Real Engineering Is Starting to Catch Up With Aquatopia
Real Engineering Is Starting to Catch Up With Aquatopia When I wrote Aquatopia, I built the story around one core idea:…
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Why the Future is Down, Not Up
Everyone is looking at Mars. I understand the appeal — there’s romance in a rocket, and the cameras love a launch….