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the weapon no one can see coming…
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the weapon no one can see coming…

One of the most destructive and hardest to defend against weapons we could build would be an inert slug of exotic alloys that does its damage using nothing but speed. A lot of speed.

surviving seven minutes of martian terror
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surviving seven minutes of martian terror

All you need to know about how hard it is to land on Mars is that rocket scientists call it "seven minutes of terror."

the return of the rising red moon scare?
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the return of the rising red moon scare?

Are we looking at a repeat of the Space Race, this time against China?

and yet they still just don’t get it…
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and yet they still just don’t get it…

Development wonks want entrepreneurs trying to start a new age of space exploration to abandon their effort and throw good money after bad at the developing world.

why we’d want to make some more antimatter
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why we’d want to make some more antimatter

Antimatter will need to be the fuel of the future if we want technology like relativistic spaceships and black hole reactors.

so how would you mine an asteroid profitably?
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so how would you mine an asteroid profitably?

Space entrepreneurs are excited about the promise of asteroid mining. But there are a lot of big, complicated questions they'll have to answer before we know if they can ever make a profit from it.

if you rearrange a galaxy, will anyone notice?
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if you rearrange a galaxy, will anyone notice?

If an alien civilization is advanced and powerful enough, could evidence of their existence be written on a galactic scale?

how to start a human-ran alien nation state
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how to start a human-ran alien nation state

Space exploration and long term settlements of alien worlds might actually be a recipe for creating new countries with their own cultures, languages, and armed forces.

why play with a zero-g playboy bunny
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why play with a zero-g playboy bunny

Playboy wants an adults-only luxury hotel in space. This is a great idea and not because of the implication.

why so many said that apollo wasn’t worth it
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why so many said that apollo wasn’t worth it

Contrary to popular belief, the Apollo program wasn't all that popular when it was underway.

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