April 2025
A bun in the (space) oven - Reasons not to get pregnant while going around Earth at 7.8 kilometres per second
...’t quit birth control in orbit. Space settlement enthusiasts envision a time in the near future when people will colonise space, the Moon and Mars. But for an enduring population we will need to overcome many challenges, key...
02 September 2015
Getting to know the 100 Mars One finalists
..., plans to land four human beings on Mars as early as 2027. And they launched a competition to determine the final 24 colonisers, who are supposed to travel to the Red Planet in groups of four. It will be a one-way ticket. None expect...
11 January 2016
Space Mining company showcase the first 3D printed object made from asteroid metals
Colonising raw materials found in space to perhaps one day provide fuel or homes for future space pioneers has ...
25 April 2016
Near-Earth asteroid population smaller than thought
... parts could be used to develop space structures and to help generate the rocket fuel needed to explore and colonise worlds beyond our own. Asteroid mining has the potential to be an enormous market revenue with estimates of the...
28 September 2016
Musk unveils ambitious plans for Mars
... punctuated with woops and cheers. Mr Musk, who founded private spaceflight company SpaceX in 2002, said his colonisation plan uses a fully reusable transportation system that would take 100 people and 80 days to get to Mars...
23 November 2016
Massive ice deposits found under the surface of Mars
... buried not far from the surface, it could become a possible resource for future space dwellers looking to colonise the planet. Although the water deposit is now frozen, if different climate conditions prevailed in the past when...
