Discover the Future

When people imagine humanity spreading through the Solar System, the conversation almost always begins and ends with Mars. It's close, relatively familiar, and has become the symbol of our future in space. But I suspect Mars is only the beginning. If humanity truly becomes a spacefaring civilization, we'll eventually push far beyond the Red Planet into the realm of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and the countless asteroids and icy moons that orbit them. At first glance, th

When most people think about humanity's future beyond Earth, one destination immediately comes to mind: Mars. It's become the default answer for space colonization. Elon Musk talks about it. Science fiction revolves around it. Entire engineering programs are built around getting humans there. But what if we've been overlooking another world? Venus is usually dismissed as the most hostile planet in the Solar System. Surface temperatures exceed 460°C (860°F), atmospheric pressu

If you've watched enough science fiction, you've probably noticed that spaceships tend to fall into one of two categories. They're either sleek white cylinders with blinking lights or giant flying cities that somehow have the aerodynamic profile of a brick despite operating in the vacuum of space. The truth is, the spaceships humanity eventually builds will probably look very different. In our latest episode of Entropy Rising, Lucas and I explored what realistic spaceship des