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Fermi Paradox

Fermi Paradox Part 5: A Matter of Time

To get an idea of just how long intelligent life could take to develop on other planets, we need to go through some of the major events in the history of life on Earth: events that were necessary for the evolution of human-level intelligence to be possible.

  • Joshua B. Perry
    Joshua B. Perry
17 min read
Space Exploration

A Guide to the Mars Society 2019 Convention

Last October, the Mars Society had their 22nd annual convention; and, since then, their YouTube channel has been steadily publishing recordings of all the talks from that convention, in a slow trickle ending in February. The sheer quantity of content may be daunting to some...

  • Joshua B. Perry
    Joshua B. Perry
7 min read
Fermi Paradox

Fermi Paradox part 4: Rare Earth

In this part, I’ll get into the core of the Rare Earth hypothesis, and look at the specific planetary characteristics of Earth that allows it to have complex life.

  • Joshua B. Perry
    Joshua B. Perry
11 min read
Fermi Paradox

Fermi Paradox part 3: Alien Suns

The idea that habitable planets are extremely rare has been a popular Fermi paradox solution for a very long time. Before the first extrasolar planets were discovered in the 1990s, it was an open question in astronomy whether planets of any type were common.

  • Joshua B. Perry
    Joshua B. Perry
18 min read
Space Exploration

Coral - 3D printing our way to space!

Coral is finally ready for a comeback. A core team is being formed to discuss and develop the project mission statement, its overarching goals and objectives, and the general project structure. We want to invite our entire community to participate and collaborate on this awesome project!

  • Suzi Bianco
    Suzi Bianco
2 min read
Fermi Paradox

Fermi Paradox part 2: Galactic Dead Zones

The most recent estimates put the total number of stars in the Milky Way galaxy at somewhere between 200 and 300 billion, and we now have evidence that most of those stars have a system of planets around them.

  • Joshua B. Perry
    Joshua B. Perry
12 min read
Space Exploration

Henk Rogers, from Tetris to Space!

"We need to develop the technologies to survive on another planet, but they are also the technologies we need to survive on this planet. So the overarching goal for all of my missions is for humanity to learn how to live sustainably anywhere."

  • Suzi Bianco
    Suzi Bianco
16 min read
Fermi Paradox

Fermi Paradox: Defining the Problem

Are we alone? It’s one of those big questions that humans have pondered for centuries.

  • Joshua B. Perry
    Joshua B. Perry
13 min read
Space Decentral

For the people, by the people: a citizen-led space program

Space exploration has captivated humanity for decades, first as an idea and later as reality. When space exploration initially became a reality, it was largely due to public funding from the world’s

  • Yalda Mousavinia
    Yalda Mousavinia
2 min read
Space Exploration

Our Future in Space

The history of space exploration and exploitation has been one dominated by large organizations. That’s beginning to change.

  • Craig Beasley
    Craig Beasley
7 min read
China

Red Moon rising?

China has announced that the Chang'e-4 robotic mission to the Moon was "a complete success." It seems likely that China will lead our expansion into space.

  • Giulio Prisco
    Giulio Prisco
2 min read
Benedict Singleton

Maximum Jailbreak podcast: Pilot episode, with Benedict Singleton

We are happy to present the first episode of the Maximum Jailbreak podcast, featuring Benedict Singleton, who first introduced the Maximum Jailbreak meme.

  • Suzi Bianco
    Suzi Bianco
  • Giulio Prisco
    Giulio Prisco
1 min read
Maximum Jailbreak

Maximum Jailbreak is live!

We are launching the Maximum Jailbreak magazine with the first episode of our podcast, featuring Benedict Singleton, who first introduced the Maximum Jailbreak meme.

  • Giulio Prisco
    Giulio Prisco
1 min read
Space Exploration

1969–2019: Back to the Moon, forward to the Moon

50 years ago, the Apollo 8 astronauts were just back from the first orbital flight around the Moon. In a few months we’ll celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 — the first human Moon landing on July 20, 1969.

  • Giulio Prisco
    Giulio Prisco
3 min read
Moon

Chang’e 4 brings back some of the Christmas magic of Apollo 8

Fifty years ago, NASA made a great Christmas present to all space enthusiasts with Apollo 8.For the first time, humans went around the Moon and sent awesome images back.Earthrise, a photograph

  • Giulio Prisco
    Giulio Prisco
3 min read
Space Exploration

The meek will inherit the Earth. The rest of us are going to the stars

Motherboard asked 105 interdisciplinary thinkers about their fears and hopes about the future. I had the honor of being invited to participate.

  • Giulio Prisco
    Giulio Prisco
4 min read
Politics

Space is too important to be left to Big Government & Big Business

What happens to space programs when politicians are only motivated by partisan politics instead of the common good?

  • Giulio Prisco
    Giulio Prisco
2 min read
Maximum Jailbreak

Maximum Jailbreak: A new space media project

We’re excited to present our new space media project “Maximum Jailbreak,” with a magazine and Virtual Reality (VR) events for space enthusiasts like you. You are invited to participate.

  • Giulio Prisco
    Giulio Prisco
3 min read
Maximum Jailbreak

Maximum Jailbreak, and the legacy of Stephen Hawking

Following the visionary cosmism of Nikolai Fedorov and the recently published final book of Stephen Hawking, I think the future of humankind must be out there among the stars.

  • Giulio Prisco
    Giulio Prisco
3 min read
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