For decades, the idea of people living on Mars has felt like a distant fantasy, limited by the brutal cost of hauling everything from Earth and the difficulty of building safe shelters on a hostile ...

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In an interview earlier this year, Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, delivered a sobering assessment of Earth’s future, suggesting it may not be able to support humanity for much longer. SpaceX ...

What makes colonizing Mars a good idea? Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars trilogy Is probably the best example but it mostly uses the backdrop of Mars as a plot device and is really about structuring a more ...

Colonizing Mars may be a near impossible task, but that doesn't mean humans won't try anyway. Check out what a successful ...

NASA's ex-Administrator told Congress the U.S. is in danger of losing the new space race to the Moon due to SpaceX's cascading delays in perfecting its Starship lunar lander. (Photo by Loren ...

Tesla’s board is asking shareholders to approve a pay package for Musk worth up to $1T (Yes, trillion. NYT said $900B) Any TSLA shareholder who votes for this deserves to get fleeced.