Space: The Final Frontier—or the Last Battlespace? Space: The Final Frontier—or the Last Battlespace?
America’s pursuit of military dominance risks damaging the peaceful—and scientifically and economically enriching—exploration taking place today.
Aug 8, 2022 / Mark Hannah
Billionaires in Space Billionaires in Space
For the world’s richest men, the stars are up for sale.
Jul 23, 2021 / Editorial / A.M. Gittlitz
Don’t Stop Thinking About (Tom) Tomorrow Don’t Stop Thinking About (Tom) Tomorrow
Cartoonist Dan Perkins increasingly turns to the iconography of science fiction to keep pace with the absurdity of the moment.
Mar 5, 2021 / Jeet Heer
Space Is Not Black Space Is Not Black
Days before the Apollo 11 launch in 1969, The Nation lamented a government that spent freely on white astronauts, engineers, and contractors, but could not find jobs at home for it...
Jun 30, 1969 / Back Issues / Jack Robertson
The Moon Will Wait The Moon Will Wait
In early 1969, Nation editors were skeptical about the space race, and NASA’s “juvenile, brutal approach” in rushing to get a man on the moon.
Jan 13, 1969 / Back Issues / The Nation
Is Spaceflight Colonialism? Is Spaceflight Colonialism?
Fifty years after Apollo 11, it’s time to revisit the laws of space.
Jul 19, 2019 / Haris Durrani
The Case for Staying on Earth—With or Without Musk and Bezos The Case for Staying on Earth—With or Without Musk and Bezos
Why should we listen to zillionaires who want to abandon ship?
Jun 17, 2019 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Trump’s Space Force Is Putting Us All in Danger Trump’s Space Force Is Putting Us All in Danger
Putting weapons in space is a phenomenal money waster and a threat to global security.
Sep 25, 2018 / William D. Hartung
Trump’s Brain Is the Black Hole of the Universe Trump’s Brain Is the Black Hole of the Universe
We are all trapped in a dense, Trump-centered vortex.
Mar 27, 2018 / Tom Tomorrow
Seeing Mars, Seeing Red Seeing Mars, Seeing Red
As the climate warms and this planet of ours continues sprinting toward extinction, we’re seeing the cultural fixation with Mars take center stage.
Nov 19, 2016 / Sam Sax