Category Archives: space exploration

Moving Outward

Posted on November 21, 2022 by lewbornmann

It will be many years before our species gains sufficient maturity to enable it to take its place among the stars. To do so will necessitate overcoming potential catastrophic termination from nationalistic, religious, and other destructive impulses — but as long as more remains to learn and explore, we should never become senescent. Continue reading →

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Progress In Space Exploitation

Posted on May 23, 2022 by lewbornmann

Commercialization of space is about transitioning the space industry from one propped up by the government to something self-sufficient; it’s about private enterprise investing in rockets, in equipment, in experiments in space.  It’s about NASA stepping aside after 60 years of building a basic space infrastructure.  It’s about the future – the future of space. Continue reading →

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Artemis

Posted on July 19, 2021 by lewbornmann

The Artemis program, named after the goddess of the Moon and twin sister of the god Apollo in Greek mythology, is a U.S.-funded international human spaceflight program with the goal of returning humans to the Moon for the first time since the Apollo program. Continue reading →

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Man On The Moon

Posted on April 26, 2021 by lewbornmann

Until now, the most direct benefit of space exploration comes from technologies used on Earth that were first pioneered in space. In the future, everything we hold of value: metals, minerals, energy, real estate; exist in near-infinite quantities in space. Continue reading →

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