Colonization
Thirsty on the Moon? Just Throw Some Regolith in the Microwave
Lunar colonists may use microwaves to extract water from the Moon's surface.
Maybe We Don’t See Aliens Because Nobody Wants to Come Here
The Fermi Paradox won't go away. It's one of our most compelling thought experiments, and generations of scientists keep wrestling…
Socks, The Final Frontier
What is the greatest challenge facing humans as we prepare for the first crewed missions to Mars? Solar and cosmic…
Avoiding the Great Filter. How Long Until We’re Living Across the Solar System?
According to a new study, humanity could become an interplanetary species in this century, interstellar by the 23rd, and intragalactic…
A Habitat at Ceres Could be the Gateway to the Outer Solar System
A new proposal from the inventor of the E-sail shows how we could create an Earth-like space habitat around Ceres,…
Gateway Foundation Gives a Detailed Update on its Voyager Station Concept
The Gateway Foundation just released a video update for their Voyager Class space station, and announced that big news is…
What Martian Settlers Need to Know About Soil Can Teach us How to Grow Better on Earth
The Soil Health in Space experiment is now being conducted on the ISS, which could lead to sustainable farming on…
The Bare Minimum Number of Martian Settlers? 110
So you want to colonize Mars, huh? Well Mars is a long ways away, and in order for a colony…
Learning to Live Sustainably on the Red Planet: Habitat Mars
As the only Mars analog environment in the Southern hemisphere, Habitat Marte is conducting research that will allow humans to…
Ideas for Sustainable Cities and Urban Farming… on Mars?
The annual Mars City Design Challenge is looking for new and innovative ideas for how humans could live sustainably on…