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Mars as a crucible for Culture
The value of settling a new planet
Feb 26
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Kevin Cannon
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A Scenic Value Index for the Planets
Predicting the aesthetic quality of extraterrestrial landscapes
Dec 10, 2024
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Kevin Cannon
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Arranging Atoms
We make moral judgements about how atoms are arranged.
Sep 26, 2024
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Kevin Cannon
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The Wonder of the Solar System
You rarely see “wonder” among the rationale for human space exploration and expansion.
Feb 27, 2024
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Kevin Cannon
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We’re Not Going to get Critical Minerals from Space
And that's OK
Feb 5, 2024
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Kevin Cannon
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Mining Near-Earth Asteroids Makes Little Sense
Aug 7, 2021
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Kevin Cannon
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Why is everyone going to the *south* pole of the Moon?
Sep 19, 2022
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Kevin Cannon
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The Amundsen-Isaacman-Weyland Model of Private Space Expeditions
Apr 18, 2022
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Kevin Cannon
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The Two Axes of Space Resources
Apr 28, 2021
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Kevin Cannon
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It Won’t Take 1 Million People for a City on Mars to be Self-Sustaining
The real number is likely far less
Jan 10, 2024
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Kevin Cannon
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A Clean Slate for Space Resource Extraction
Surprisingly, one has to make a case not to import coal to the Moon
Oct 21, 2023
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Kevin Cannon
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Space Green Card
Immigration under the Outer Space Treaty
Apr 30, 2023
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Kevin Cannon
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Steelmanning Helium-3
The little isotope packs a punch...maybe an important one?
Dec 6, 2022
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Kevin Cannon
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Why is everyone going to the *south* pole of the Moon?
The lunar land down under
Sep 19, 2022
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Kevin Cannon
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Friends, Not Food: The Role of Plants in Space
And fish, and birds, and resurrected woolly mammoths
Aug 30, 2022
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Kevin Cannon
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The Amundsen-Isaacman-Weyland Model of Private Space Expeditions
Will we soon see a return to the age of polar exploration?
Apr 18, 2022
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Kevin Cannon
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The Mineralogical Barrier in Space
No such thing as a free lunch in the solar system
Jan 17, 2022
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Kevin Cannon
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Mining Near-Earth Asteroids Makes Little Sense
So why does the idea persist?
Aug 7, 2021
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Kevin Cannon
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