Saving the World Is Educational
/
The Apollo program inspired students to go into science, technology, engineering and math. Today, most STEM Ph.D.'s in America get awarded to foreign students.
Read More
How to Love the Future
/The Hartford Courant just published our piece about finding the future in space--with a Connecticut angle.
http://www.courant.com/opinion/op-ed/hc-op-sandford-ct-high-tech-future-20180604-story.html
A Good Reason for Funding Space: We're All Going to Die
/
Cheer up! There are plenty of ways to destroy humanity; and plenty of ways to save ourselves. Most of the solutions involve space.
Read MoreWhat Will It Really Take to Get to Mars?
/
Obama wants us to go to Mars. But these days we seem more interested in watching Matt Damon in space than in funding space.
Read MoreWhat Satellites Buy
/
For one thing, satellites generate weather prediction worth $11 billion a year. That's equal to two thirds NASA's budget.
Read MoreThe Phlebotemouse
/
One great example of the knowledge ore--information that private companies mine to produce new products--is a device that can revolutionize drug delivery.
Read MoreThe Knowledge Ore
/
Is the Gravity Well worth the cost? To answer that question, we need to look at one of its least understood benefits.
Read MoreOur Early Escape
/
What took Europeans centuries, we can achieve within the lifetime of some readers: an unprecedented economy in a new frontier.
Read More
