
This is the first chapter of my new book “Becoming Multiplanetary”. Please put your feedback in the comments below or email me at shaun@astromultimedia.com. Thank you! “Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come.” — Victor Hugo…
From: Terry Wakowski To: Sarah Foster Date: 21 November, 2064 Re: New assignment Sarah, can you please come to the office today? I need to talk to you about a new project and it requires a face-to-face. Let me know.…
Many young people (like, in their 20’s and 30’s) do not have a plan for their financial future — they’re too busy having fun! I was exactly the same! It seems that most people who plan for retirement do so…
EOS is a large, spherical, rotating space station located in high Earth orbit. EOS stands for “Earth Orbit Station”. The name references Eos, the Greek goddess of the dawn. Her brother was Helios, god of the Sun, and her sister…
NASA’s predicament regarding Mars is that the agency simply doesn’t have sufficient funds for a Mars program, despite enthusiasm within the agency for Mars. Although NASA continues to report that they are on the road to Mars, and are aiming to…
The idea of renaming Mars’ moons arose whilst I was thinking of names for sols of the week for the Utopian Calendar. Just as on Earth we have one day of the week named for the Moon (“Monday” in English),…
Travelling to Luna and Mars, and building and living in settlements there, will be dangerous. NASA and other space agencies have strict safety requirements for human-rated missions. However, when we are talking about a settlement to be populated by civilians,…