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May 2, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Elon Musk Is Poised to Get Another Huge Payday From the Government
Cuts to NASA mean that Musk’s SpaceX company is well positioned to reap in a billion dollars—at least—in government contracts.
March 7, 2025
Marin Scotten
FAA Halts Flights as Elon Musk’s Rocket Blows Up Yet Again
Passengers had to deal with flight delays thanks to Elon Musk playing space.
February 20, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Elon Musk Loses It After Astronaut Dares Calls Out His Lie
Elon Musk called a famous astronaut a slur simply because he countered one of his newest talking points.
January 20, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Trump Uses Inauguration to Vow New Frontier in Manifest Destiny
Elon Musk gave Donald Trump two thumbs up during this portion of his inauguration speech.
June 28, 2024
Timothy Noah
Did I Mention an Asteroid May Kill You?
As two of these killers pass near the Earth, let’s ponder an underappreciated global threat.
July 30, 2021
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Alex Shephard
Oligarch of the Month: Richard Branson
The Virgin magnate is battling fellow billionaires Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos in the race to turn outer space into a playground for the rich.
July 21, 2021
Timothy Noah
Jeff Bezos, Space Marxist?
The Amazon founder revived the theory of surplus value.
July 9, 2021
Jacob Silverman
The Billionaire Space Race Is a Tragically Wasteful Ego Contest
Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk are spending billions to go to space, using money and resources that belong to the people.
April 19, 2021
Jacob Silverman
Elon Musk Wants to Move Fast and Break Space
SpaceX’s Starlink project would add thousands of satellites to a very crowded sky.
December 9, 2020
Jacob Silverman
Elon Musk’s Big Government Grift
The Tesla mogul says he wants to be left alone. But he’s been living off the taxpayer’s dime for years.
December 3, 2020
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Clive Thompson
Monetizing the Final Frontier
The strange new push for space privatization
April 10, 2019
Matt Ford
In Defense of the Blurry Black Hole Photo
This glimpse of the celestial phenomenon is cause for wonder in a light-polluted world saturated with disturbing images.
February 22, 2017
Emily Atkin
Tired of Earth? Well, NASA has some good news.
Tired of living on this planet? Well, NASA has some good news
August 23, 2016
Shannon Stirone
Where No Miner Has Gone Before
It’s one small step for man, one giant leap for asteroid prospectors.
April 14, 2016
David Kipping
How to Hide Earth From an Alien Civilization
And why we might not want to.
February 19, 2016
Sasha Belenky
A record-breaking 18,300 people have applied to become NASA astronauts.
February 5, 2016
Michelle Legro
Apparently the Earth ate its twin in the womb.
January 28, 2016
Jamil Smith
The Challenger astronauts, lost 30 years ago today.
January 20, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
The planet is warming up but don’t worry—we can now grow zinnias and other flowering plants in space.
January 20, 2016
Sasha Belenky
Astronomer who killed Pluto says he’s discovered a new planet to make up for it.
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