There are substantial technical, political, and financial obstacles to starting the colonization of Mars within the next few decades. SpaceX is farther along than most toward this ambitious goal. Are ...

The mission to colonize Mars has captured the imagination of scientists and enthusiasts alike. With NASA and SpaceX leading the charge, the once distant dream of establishing a human settlement on the ...

[Music] the Earth has been our home for millions of years however sometime soon the Earth May no longer be our only home and we will start to spread out searching for new places to live it's possible ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. At an internal staff briefing last week, acting NASA ...

There's an asymmetry there though—it's cheaper coming down than going up. If you're after raw materials, then in principle you don't need to put that much mass in space to bring a lot of mass back to ...

"As this type of technology develops, it's going to have spinoff benefits for sustainability technology here on Earth as well." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

It’s like making popcorn. First, it’s just one little kernel that pops, then a couple more, and pretty soon, it’s rapid machine gunfire — pop pop pop pop pop pop! That’s how it is with space flights ...

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