My Debate With Jackson Kisling: Should We Terraform Mars Or Bioengineer Ourselves?
I do enjoy a good debate. So when fellow Mars One Round 2 candidate, the Minnesota Martian Jackson Kisling invited...
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Should We Terraform Mars, or Bioengineer Ourselves?
Images like this sometimes make me wonder what people have against Mars. Image credit: Pinterest Should we terraform Mars, or...
My Thoughts On Ferguson
Unless you've been living with your head in a hole, you've probably heard about the rioting and looting going on...
How To Survive Black Friday
The Grinch got it kinda right. You don’t need to fight the Black Friday crowds because a really good Christmas...
The City of Enoch
City of Enoch Concept Art created by Daniel Garay The colonization of Mars is a hot topic lately. Everybody imagines...
Doctor Matt Taylor Deserves An Apology
The kind of scientists and engineers who can land a probe on a comet are obviously very smart people. They...
Space Is A Good Use Of Your Money
First off, let me just say congrats to the ESA for pulling off something that nobody's ever done before. Rosetta...
Philanthropy Has An Image Problem
So there are a few people in this world who have control of more wealth than they could ever reasonably...
The Loss Of SpaceShipTwo Should Not Be A Show-Stopper
It's kind of been a rough week in the aerospace world. An Antares rocket set to make a delivery to...
3D Printing and the Martian Economy
3D printers will be a thing on Mars, will they really replace interplanetary economic activity? On a Facebook group I'm...
The NRA Isn’t So Bad, Is It?
A statue of one of the Minute Men, who were always ready to grab their guns and go fight the...
Astrophobia
Image credit Weird Phobia Today I learned something new. There is such a thing called astrophobia – the unreasonable fear...
We’re ready.
So there still seems to be some question about whether a little Dutch private organization can really send people to...
Technology Is Making Fast Food Workers Obsolete
The supply and demand graph as it applies to the labor market. You can see what happens when supply and...
Why Haven’t We Found ET Yet?
Image Credit: The Things We Say There was a time when people thought Earth was the center of the known...
Space Flight Is Becoming Inexpensive
Mangalyaan stands ready for launch. Image credit Koimoi So you probably heard that India successfully put its “Mangalyaan” orbiter, also...
No, We Are Not Going To Go Nuts
Image credit: Bryan Versteeg Whenever I talk about Mars One, one common topic that comes up once sex, babies and...
Christmas Already??
Image credit: MTV Geek If you pay attention to news from around the retailing world, you might know that Sam's...
Seasteading Is An Option For Non-Martians Who Want Freedom
One proposed seastead model. Image credit Marine Insight I've been hearing a lot about the Seasteading movement lately. These are...
My Reddit AMA
One of my frustrations about promoting Mars One is that local media outlets don't seem very interested. I've done one...
A Useless Criticism of Mars One
So a friend of mine shared somebody's Facebook post that is one of the most negative attacks on Mars One...
The Robots vs. Humans In Space Debate
The debate on whether we should send robots or humans to explore our solar system has been going on for...
Is The Media Event The Best Way To Fund Mars?
Image credit: Bryan Versteeg While watching the live streaming for the recent Mars Society convention, I managed to relay a...
Government Grants and Student Loans
Government grants might sound like a free lunch to many people. However, they are not. With grants, the recipient will...
Is Interplanetary Trade Worth It?
We haven't even put up a permanent settlement on another planet yet and already people are turning into a gaggle...
Getting Wholesalers to Accept Bitcoin
A lot of people have been talking about the possibility of cryptocurrencies going mainstream lately. The biggest obstacle to this...
The Surf’s Up VoxBox
So I got this box in the mail a couple of days ago. Of course I was curious – Influenster...
Zippers: Where Did They Come From?
You probably don't think much about zippers in your everyday life, but it's hard to imagine life without them. They...
Gifts for the Space Nerd
Image credit: EAA Young Eagles You know someone who is a total space enthusiast. He has a collection of model...
PandaHall — Your Source for Wholesale Crafting Supplies
PandaHall is one of the top wholesalers for buying beads and supplies for making your own jewelry in bulk. As...
Scientific Notation
What Is Scientific Notation? Yourdictionary.com defines Scientific Notation as a mathematical expression used to represent any decimal number as a...
Buying An Ice Cream Truck
An ice cream truck? Does anybody do that anymore? You bet! Tim has been making a living as an ice...
National Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk Day
When you spill milk, the best thing you can do is just wipe it up and go get yourself another...
Checklist Day
Image Credit: Checklists.com October 30th is a day to remind you to check your lists. That's right, it's Checklist Day!...
National Whiner’s Day
Image Credit: 5 Recipes For Life Life is just not fair, is it? There are going to be days, months,...
Best Portable Ice Makers
Are you going on a vacation that's going to involve a lot of activity in the hot summer sun and...
How Many Humans Can Earth Support?
Does Earth have a maximum sustainable population? If you know enough to apply some rule-of-thumb reasoning to ecological systems, you...
The Date To Create
Image credit: Mothers of Preschoolers If you've been waiting for a specific date to create something, your wait is over....
Jump Ropes
image credit: TLC/HowStuffWorks You might remember jumping rope as a kid. You had lots of fun competing with friends to...
Ask A Stupid Question Day
Image credit Perpetually Peeved So you might have heard the quote, "There are no stupid questions, only stupid answers." Only,...
Creative Uses for Toothbrushes
So you're sick of having to throw away old toothbrushes. You know they're just going into the landfill and you're...
National Puppy Day
What could possibly be cuter than a day to celebrate puppies? On March 23, you can do exactly that with...
Math 2.0 Day
(image credit: ProsperYourMind) What is Math 2.0 Day? Scheduled for July 8th, it's a day to get people interested in...
Accident Of History
One proposed Mars One flag. Image credit Joseph Sweeney I might have mentioned in other articles that it's a complete...
Down To 706 People
Image credit: Bryan Versteeg It has been nearly a week since my last proper blog entry, but I have not...
“The Right to Due Process and Trial by Jury”
Serving on a jury is a pain, isn't it? You have to explain to your employer that you got selected...
The Right to Face One’s Accusers
Image credit: DonObservs So you might have read "The Count of Monte Cristo." The fellow who becomes the Count...
The Right to Equal Opportunity Regardless of Race or Sex
If you're an employer, you probably know how difficult it is to find a truly good employee. You might have...
“The Right to Equal Protection Under the Law Regardless of Race, Creed, Colour, or Country of Origin”
So here's a tricky case for you. You're serving on a jury and some black teenager is brought in, wearing...
“The Right to Vote for Representational Government”
Image credit Minn Post If you go to the polling place in Woodford County, Illinois, on Election Day, you might...
