The December issue of Reason Magazine has plenty of fun articles on space travel, the ethics of terra-forming, science fiction books and films, and more. The magazine tends to favor privatization of just about everything, so expect some cheering for space billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, but overall it is a nice collection of thought-provoking articles.
Here is a sample of the articles:
- We Are Going to the Moon: Thanks to the rise of private spaceflight companies, mankind will have a future off-Earth.
- Why We Should Terraform the Galaxy: One critic calls it “arrogant vandalism,” but advocates say it might be a necessary form of self-preservation.
- The Fractal, Fractious Politics of The Expanse: Robots don’t get cabin fever, develop cancer from cosmic radiation, miss their families, or go insane.
- The End of Astronauts: Should We Send Robots to Space Instead?: Robots don’t get cabin fever, develop cancer from cosmic radiation, miss their families, or go insane.
- Review: The Libertarianism of Firefly: What if our interplanetary future involved train heists, legal sex work, and a lot of running from the feds?
- Andy Weir Is Looking Forward to the Space Boom: Weir’s books take seriously the limits of human knowledge and planning when it comes to space travel.
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