Why Space Matters

Why Space Matters

Where do you turn when everything seems to be breaking down, blowing up, or just plain falling apart? Up, that’s where. It worked in 1968, a year of assassinations, riots, seemingly endless war, and a raft of other problems. That’s when the crew of Apollo...
How to Make a Spaceship

How to Make a Spaceship

On October 4, 2004, commercial astronaut Brian Binnie won the Ansari XPRIZE for flying the first commercial spaceship out of the atmosphere twice within two weeks. That third spaceflight of SpaceShipOne netted $10 million for investor Paul Allen and builder Scaled...
Elon Musk’s Mars Plan

Elon Musk’s Mars Plan

On Tuesday in Guadalajara, Mexico, at the 67th International Aeronautical Congress, SpaceX chief Elon Musk unveiled his plans for colonizing Mars. “If we can get the cost of moving to Mars to be roughly equivalent to a median house price in the U.S., which is...