To Become a #space Faring Civilization, We need to Move Beyond Rockets, including #spacex and Blue…
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To Become a Space Faring Civilization, We need to Move Beyond Rockets, including SpaceX and Blue Origin“It’s not rocket science. Or at least It shouldn’t be!”Recently, the idea of humanity becoming a space faring civilization has gotten lots of attention, particularly from billionaires like Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos’ with his Blue Origin, and Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic. Along with this increased interest has been the mega-trend of the privatization of space, showing that our space-based future may not rely on governments at all but private companies.The short term goals that are most talked about are launching smaller satellites more cheaply, space tourism, ferrying to space stations, missions to and around the moon, and eventually, settling on Mars.Since (...)