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Making a Future Among the Stars
Elon Musk has helped to advance self-driving electric cars and an implantable brain-machine interface, but when he greeted the crowd in Boca Chica, he said, gesturing at Starship, “This is the most inspiring thing I’ve ever seen.”Photograph by SpaceX Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . In Boca Chica, Texas, […] -
Why We Should Think Twice About Colonizing Space
My conclusion is that in a colonized universe the probability of the annihilation of the human race could actually rise rather than fall.Illustration by David Revoy / Blender Foundation / Wikicommons Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . There are lots of reasons why colonizing space seems compelling. The popular […] -
The Psychological Challenges of Just Getting to Mars
Life outside Earth has its own Hobbesian description: isolated, confined, and extreme—or I.C.E. “Space is the quintessential ICE environment,” according to a new paper, published in American Psychologist. Space includes inhospitable planets like Mars, whose arresting vistas, canyons, and mountains beckon. But only humans sealed inside cumbersome suits, trained to weather such nerve-racking circumstances, can […] -
Why Colonizing the Galaxy Is the Highest Good
Reducing the risk of global catastrophe is good on an astronomical scale.