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Solving the Mass Problem
The key to accelerating space settlement might not be any clever architecture or new technology, but simple brute force.
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Mass Value Report for May 2023
The race to send mass to low Earth orbit is over for now and SpaceX has won decisively. But what about the race to send mass to the lunar surface?
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Peter Hague
The Great NewSpace Shovel Pile
There has been an explosion of new ideas and new capabilities in the commercial space sector. What is it all for though?
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Mass Value Report for April 2023
Can Starship continue the growth curve demonstrated by Falcon 9? What does this mean for future SpaceX plans to services Artemis missions and colonise…
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Peter Hague
The Bear Case for Mars
What if colonisation is much harder than advocates hope for? Can it still be done, and should it be? And are there other options if Mars is out?
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Trying out Substack Notes
They are trying to take Twitters lunch it seems.
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Mass Value Report for March
A quick breakdown of where we are as species, in terms of mass-to-orbit
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Alchemy on the Moon
Could a newly revealed project at Blue Origin bypass SpaceX's lead in launch, by developing in-situ resources?
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