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Richard Branson

featurebillionaires | Illustration: Joanna Andreasson; Source images: dpa Picture Alliance/Alamy, Nareshkumar Shaganti/Alamy, RichardBakerFarnborough/Alamy, NASA

Space

The Case for Space Billionaires

What critics of the private space race get wrong

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 11.15.2022 8:00 AM

pilat2 | Agnieszka Pilat, Instagram

Art

Agnieszka Pilat: 'I Didn't Realize People Still Think Socialism Is a Good Idea.'

The Polish-born artist is creating "heroic portraits" of machines and defending individualism and creative expression in Silicon Valley.

Nick Gillespie | 5.23.2022 3:20 PM

Agnieszka Pilat | Agnieszka Pilat

Culture

Artist Agnieszka Pilat: 'I Didn't Realize People Still Think Socialism Is a Good Idea.'

Born in communist Poland and disgusted by Silicon Valley communists, Pilat is making "heroic portraits of machines" and defending Ayn Rand.

Nick Gillespie | 5.11.2022 9:59 AM

dpaphotosfive326839-2 | Christian Charisius/dpa/picture-alliance/Newscom

NFTs

Tom Sachs: Taking NFTs Where No Man Has Gone Before

The artist's Rocket Factory project, which lets users build and own their own virtual spacecraft, is changing how we think about reality.

Nick Gillespie | 3.23.2022 4:50 PM

8124974_image | Graphic by Lex Villena

National Debt

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.

Nick Gillespie and John Osterhoudt | 7.23.2021 3:50 PM

maphotoseight990927 | Blue Origin/MEGA / Newscom

Space

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!

Liz Wolfe | 7.20.2021 8:50 AM

8124394_16x9 | Images: Jarle Naustvik, National Museum of American History; Graphics: Lex Villena

Space

Bezos, Branson, and the Billionaire-Funded Race To Make Space a Bargain

Billionaires are going to space. They will help us get there too.

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 7.19.2021 1:15 PM

nasa-yZygONrUBe8-unsplash | Nasa on Unsplash

Coronavirus

Space Liberation!

Don't let naysayers fool you. Richard Branson's space flight is a boon for society.

Katherine Mangu-Ward, Matt Welch, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman | 7.12.2021 4:15 PM

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