By Mark Wagner, Ph.D. Space Educator, ARES Learning Today’s second graders will graduate into a world where multiple nations have a permanent presence on the Moon, humans have landed on Mars, and there are several commercial space stations in operation. Technologies such as heavy lift reusable rockets, broadband mobile internet…

By Mark Wagner, Ph.D. Space Educator, ARES Learning The news that Silicon Valley Bank failed on March 10 is creating a degree of uncertainty in the financial world this week, and across the startup ecosystem in particular. In recent years the rapidly growing space economy has been funded in part…

By Mark Wagner, Ph.D. Space Educator, ARES Learning This recent story is certainly fun for space enthusiasts to discover in the morning news! More importantly, it illustrates two principles fundamental to a truly Human Space Program. Elementary schoolers prove EpiPens become toxic in space — something NASA never knew For…

By Mark Wagner, Ph.D. ARES Learning Hosted by the Human Space Program, the Space Education Summit focuses on helping more people experience the Overview Effect, benefit from it here on Earth, and become engaged in preparing for humanity’s rapidly approaching multi-planet future. …

by Frank White, Author of The Overview Effect and Founder and President of Human Space Program The question is no longer if humanity should expand into other parts of the solar system, but only how we undertake this critical migration. …

Astronaut Sian Proctor is increasing diversity in the space industry by breaking down the boundaries between art and science. The Proctor Foundation for Art and Science is partnering with Space Camp to provide community college BIPOC students and faculty an annual all-expenses-paid scholarship to Space Camp. Applicants must identify as Black, Indigenous, and/or person of color (BIPOC) and be teaching or majoring in the arts and humanities. Dr. …

Venture investment in space companies is slowing, and that is a good thing. by Tim Chrisman, Executive Director of Foundation for the Future That isn’t the message you would expect to hear from someone who runs the Association for Space Finance, since the pace of investment slowing looks and feels similar to dying. But there are few industries that have been built exclusively…

Should space migrants be screened for PTSD genes? This article is a thought experiment with more questions than answers. We want to know what you think. Comment with your opinion below. by Rebecca Schembri, a graduate student at Harvard University Genome-wide association studies show that genetic predisposition for post-traumatic stress disorder is real. Although your genes influence but…

The new space race is a pressing issue that is in humanity’s best interest to solve. by Rebecca Schembri, Social Scientist and Space Diplomat @rebeccafromreno The Outer Space Treaty (OST) is outdated; it does not meet the demands of modern technology. Such technology allows us to assume that humans will live on the Moon, Mars, asteroids, and in free and deep space in the coming years…