space exploration
How the new economics of space exploration changes everything
"One small step for man" costs a lot of money. Who's going to help pay the bill for the next bout of space exploration?
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Want Faster Data and a Cleaner Planet? Start Mining Asteroids
Mining asteroids might seem like the stuff of science fiction, but there are companies and a few governments already working hard to make it real.
A Periodic Table of All the Exoplanets Found So Far
The Planetary Habitability Laboratory has made up some periodic tables of all of the confirmed and suspected exoplanets so far, plus planetary bodies in our own solar system.
Neil deGrasse Tyson is Developing a Space Exploration Video Game
Neil deGrasse Tyson is working in with video game developers to create a space exploration game called Space Odyssey.
NASA: The Beating Heart of America’s Innovation Industry
As its CEO, Bill Nye lays out the missions The Planetary Society would like to see NASA focus on over the next 20 years. NASA by nature goes where the future is, and Nye can't help but think of another industry that should follow suit.
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Stephen Hawking Says We’re at a “Dangerous Moment” in History
In between time checks on the Doomsday Clock, Stephen Hawking is here to remind us we are living in dangerous times.
Massive Poster Details Humanity’s Missions Through the Universe So Far
A massive chart of humankind’s 113 spacecraft so far and where they’ve gone.
NASA Is Ready For Trump’s New Policy Team
In response to the president elect, NASA's leadership is developing strategies for continuing deep space exploration in the event of budget change or stagnation.
Do We Have the Right to Visit Inhabited Planets? Carl Sagan Said, “No”
As mankind raises its eyes to Mars and asks, "How do we get there?", we might need to ask, "Should we go?". Carl Sagan said we may not be entitled to visit a potentially inhabited planet.
Download Free NASA Posters From the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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