You know from the start that this is one of those ‘does what it says on the tin’ books. The title suggests astronauts are surplus to requirements; the subtitle substitutes robotic explorers; and most spacers know the UK Astronomer Royal’s views on ...
... well to consider Ray Kurzweil and his prediction about the coming ‘Singularity’ or those of Peter Diamandis in forecasting a future that is increasingly based on an extra-terrestrial and space-based economy. The value of platinum-rich asteroids have...
... have no overview, no meta-perspective. In 2011 when I first began my ‘outer space’ series, I realised that in the near future we would be seeing the start of a period of enormous advances in the space industry. And in the meantime, the privatisation...
... for the visionary Earth-Mars transport system for which a market does not yet exist. A prospective future company – let’s call it Planetopolis - devoted to building desert settlements on Earth as precursors of sustainable cities on both Earth and...
... an infrastructure which will be continuously developed. At the same time the inspiration of exploration is of utmost importance to secure the future through motivated people.” Asked whether the space industry has become too risk averse when defining...
...was celebrated on 12 April They looked into the future, well beyond election campaigns and popularity polls. Thanks ... exploration and discovery dating back hundreds of years. Working on a future lunar base or ‘Moon Village’ My response it that now is...