Featured Articles:
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A SAFE TOUCHDOWN FOR PERSEVERANCE
The Quest for Life on Mars Begins
By Rod Pyle
19
GERARD K. O’NEILL: A HEROIC LIFE
By Emily Carney
24
HOMESTEADING THE HIGH FRONTIER IS ABOUT TO GET REAL
A Conversation with Space Entrepreneur Joel Sercel
By Melissa Silva
34
THE SOLAR SYSTEM’S LIMITS TO GROWTH
An Updated Model for O’Neill Habitats
By Jeffrey Greenblatt, Ph.D.
40
COSMIC DREAMING AND QUARANTINING
Space Settlement and COVID-19
By John F. Kross
50
MARS HAS MOXIE!
By Rod Pyle with Dr. Michael Hecht
54
BUT DON’T COUNT THE MARTIANS OUT
Rumors of Martian Independence Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
By Michelle Hanlon
60
DO YOU HAVE THE RIGHT PSYCHOLOGICAL STUFF TO LIVE IN A SPACE SETTLEMENT?
By Nancy Atkinson
64
GOING INTERSTELLAR:
The Bold Vision of Jeff Greason
By Rhonda Stevenson, Rod Pyle, and Melissa Silva
70
FACING ARGUMENTS AGAINST SPACE SETTLEMENT
By Al Globus
77
ARE LAVA TUBES THE RIGHT PLACE FOR SETTLEMENTS ON THE MOON AND MARS?
By Rod Pyle
84
WHICH FLOOR PLEASE? GEO, MOON, OR MARS?
A New Architecture for Space Elevators
By Pete Swan, Ph.D., and Cathy Swan, Ph.D.
90
STUDIES IN SPACE SETTLEMENT
The NSS Literature Review
By Hanna Rens
Departments:
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From the Editor: SPACE SETTLEMENT, THE BIG VISION
By Rod Pyle
11
From the NSS Chief Operating Officer
WHY SPACE SETTLEMENT?
By Dale Skran
93
BOOKS
America’s New Destiny in Space, by Glenn Harland Reynolds
Space is Open for Business, by Robert C. Jacobson
Reviewed by Mark Lardas
Star Settlers: The Billionaires, Geniuses, and Crazed Visionaries out to Conquer the Universe, by Fred Nadis
Reviewed by Dale Skran
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NSS CHAPTERS