Space Outpost’s MAPP lunar rover is scheduled to go to space in November of this year as a payload on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Image: Lunar Outpost By Kyle Barr, Published by Gizmodo, 27 March 2023 Lunar Outpost will engrave a crypto wallet passcode on its MAPP Lunar Rover
By Oliver Milman, Published by The Guardian, 8 February 2023 Astrophysicists propose geoengineering solution to climate warming, although skeptics still urge ‘massive’ fossil fuel cutbacks Proponents of a “moonshot” idea to deal with global heating have been handed a new, very literal, interpretation by researchers who have proposed firing plumes
By Scott Ritter, Published by Energy Intelligence, 23 January 2023 A recent statement by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) head Bill Nelson that the US was in a space race with China, when combined with recent moves by both the US and China to militarize space, could send the
An artist's conception of a mining settlement on the double asteroid 90 Antiope, located in the main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. (Image credit: Stocktrek Images/Getty Images) By Leonard David, Published by Space.com, 7 January 2023 "Nobody wants to think about a future in which humans
By Evan Gough, Published by Universe Today, 21 June 2022 The earliest mention of asteroid mining might be in a story from 1898 titled “Edison’s Conquest of Mars,” by Garrett Serviss. In that story, Martians attack Earth, killing tens of thousands and destroying New York City. Earth retaliates and sends
By Andrea Owe, Published by RUSI, 15 Jun 2022 When expanding into outer space, humanity risks magnifying past mistakes, ones that have triggered a global state of unsustainability. The international community must engage now to ensure strategies for a space era support sustainability on Earth and prepare for a sustainable
By Evelyn Janeidy Arevalo, Published by Tesmanian, 31 May 2022 AstroForge aims to become the first-ever asteroid-mining company. The California startup was founded by Matt Gialich and Jose Acain in January 2022 and already raised $13 million in funding in just a few months, with investments from: Initialized Capital, Soma, Earth
By Theodora Ogden, Published by Consortium News, 13 May 2022 The future of space could be a gold rush for resources – and not everyone will benefit Satellites help run the internet and television and are central to the Global Positioning System. They enable modern weather forecasting, help scientists track
