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December 7, 2020
Magazine
David Beers
Selling the American Space Dream
The cosmic delusions of Elon Musk and Wernher von Braun
September 11, 2020
Nick Martin
The New York Times
Discovers a Manhattan Makeover for Nu-Tenant Farming
A nifty name and a sleek aesthetic can’t hide the fact that the wealthy are just rehashing centuries-old exploitative labor practices.
November 18, 2016
Magazine
Alex Shephard
Forget Mars. Let’s Go Back to the Moon.
NASA wants to send humans to Mars by the 2030s. Neal Lane, Bill Clinton’s science adviser, says we should be looking at a closer goal.
September 27, 2016
Brooke Seipel
Elon Musk has an insane plan to create a colony on Mars.
September 29, 2013
Xavier Barral
Ten Extraordinary Pictures From Mars
December 16, 2009
Peter Baldwin
Perfect Strangers
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