Photo: The First Commercial Spacewalk
Civilian astronauts on a SpaceX mission traveled more than 800 miles away from Earth.
NASA
First Private Spacewalk
Plus! Robots doing math, New York’s top cop resigns, election gambling is legal.
Review: A Fun, Chaotic Moon Landing Conspiracy
Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum star in a movie about government incompetence.
Fly Me to the Moon Is a NASA Rom-Com that Fails To Launch
Channing Tatum and Scarlett Johansson star in what may be the first romantic comedy about government funding disputes.
Millionaire Mars Missions
Plus: Republicans are trying to expand a tax deduction they once wanted to cap, a "shocking" and "stunning" January jobs report, and street blocking protestors in D.C.
This Year's Libertarian Gift Guide: 23 Ideas for 2023
In today's innovative economy, there's no excuse for sending a gift card. The staff at Reason is here with some inspiration.
SpaceX Makes Progress on Second Test of Starship
The private sector space company overcame red tape and government delays to get to launch day.
SpaceX: FAA Is Slowing Progress to the Moon
“If you’re able to build a rocket faster than the government can regulate it, that’s upside down.”
Americans Don't Much Like Federal Agencies
Yet another year of low ratings for the apparatus of the D.C. leviathan.
Congress Is Still Using 'Emergency Spending' on Non-Emergencies
Since Congress won't cut spending, an independent commission may be the only way to rein in the debt.
Be Like Pixar, Not NASA
Artificial intelligence poses the most risk when it is embedded in a centralized, tightly coupled organization. But it can facilitate decentralization too.
Americans Love NASA, But Private Firms Do the Real Work in Space
People see a continuing role for the space agency, but mostly in national defense.
Price Tag of NASA's Martian Rock Retrieval Mission Is Skyrocketing
The Mars Sample Retrieval program is now estimated to cost double than what was originally projected.
Global Warming Trend Is 'Only One-Half of the Climate Model Simulations,' Says New Paper
A new satellite global temperature data series bolsters the case that climate models are running way too hot.
We Can Make It To Mars Without NASA
"We can—and should—develop space without government help," says Reason Foundation's Robert W. Poole.
We Are Going to the Moon
Thanks to the rise of private spaceflight companies, mankind will have a future off-Earth.
The James Webb Space Telescope Captures a Dying Star
A dying star and a young star orbit each other within a plume of burning dust and gas.
So Long, Soyuz: Russia Is Leaving the International Space Station
Privatization can free orbital innovation from ground-bound politics.
The FCC: America's Other Space Agency
How the FCC went from regulating telegraphs to regulating satellites
NASA's Costly, Delayed Mission To Update Its Spacesuits
NASA has spent more than $420 million on the development of spacesuits with very little to show for it.
Review: Astronauts Don't Really Eat Astronaut Ice Cream
The treats you bought in gift shops are too crumbly to eat in microgravity.
It's Been 50 Years Since Humans Walked on the Moon
The last time there was a manned mission to the moon, Pong had just been released on Atari.
From Space Regulator to Astronaut: Q&A With George Nield
He spent his government career thinking about space. Then he got to fly.
Robert Heinlein's Dream of Private Space Travel Is Coming True
A new generation of companies has made space travel affordable.
That Fuzzy Blob Is Not a UFO
Science writer Mick West examines alleged UFO sightings. He finds that they almost always have far more obvious explanations.
Review: Apollo 10 1/2
The new movie offers a funny nod both to NASA's glitch-prone engineering and its can-do spirit
After Becoming the Oldest Man To Visit Space, William Shatner Makes an Emotional Case for Private Space Tourism
Blue Origin's New Shepard capsule carried the 90-year-old former Star Trek actor and three crewmembers 66 miles above the Earth's surface.
U.S. Billionaire Wealth Would Fund Government For Just 6 Months
Mocking penis-shaped rockets is no substitute for holding the feds accountable for a looming fiscal crisis.
Bezos Launching Into Space Will Probably Make Your Life Better Too
May our new space billionaires produce spinoff technologies for the rest of us to enjoy in due time!
Bezos, Branson, and the Billionaire-Funded Race To Make Space a Bargain
Billionaires are going to space. They will help us get there too.
Space, the Final Smuggling Frontier
In a glimpse of a gloriously rule-breaking future, contraband has boldly gone where more is sure to follow.
Before the Web: The 1980s Dream of a Free and Borderless Virtual World
Watch part one of a four-part documentary series about the cypherpunk movement of the 1990s.
Trump Promises Manned Moon Base, Mission to Mars During Second Term
The Trump administration has expanded a bipartisan drive to commercialize more of NASA's space operations.
Manned SpaceX Capsule Returns From Orbit Without a Hitch
Two American astronauts splashed down to Earth after over 60 days aboard the International Space Station
The Private Space Race
Competition is cutting the cost of space travel to a fraction of what it was.
NASA Astronauts Hitch a Ride With Elon Musk's SpaceX
Today's Crew Dragon launch marks the first time a private company has sent humans into orbit.
Billionaires in Space: How Musk, Bezos, and Branson Could Save Humanity
Aerospace pioneer and SpaceShipOne designer Burt Rutan on the dawn of private space travel.
The Apollo Missions Were Cool, But Private Enterprise Has Been Better for Innovation
People are happier, healthier, and wealthier because freer markets have opened the floodgates of innovation, research, and development.
Totally Unchill NASA Orders SpaceX Safety Probe Because Elon Musk Legally Smoked Weed
That seems like a bit of an overreaction.
Trump Announces Plans for a 'Space Force.' Seriously
As bad ass as it might sound, a dedicated Space Force would likely prove to be another big government boondoggle
Trump Wants to Privatize the International Space Station
Which would be cool. But it probably won't happen anyway. So everybody chill.
