Building Communities on Different Planets

In July 1969, the world watched in awe as a human walked on the moon, and Neil Armstrong uttered the words, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” Much has changed in the past five decades, and now space travel may continue in new and different ways—and man may be responsible for the construction and development of new communities on different planets.

NASA’s Artemis campaign aims to explore the moon for scientific discovery and prepare for human missions to Mars, with lunar bases planned by 2030 and round trip to Mars in 2039. I will admit I have many reservations—and others have the same concerns—especially since two astronauts were recently stranded on the International Space Station for nine months when their spacecraft had technical issues.

Certainly, there are many challenges we could explore, but for today’s blog let’s narrow ...