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Need Smaller Astronauts? Five Dubious SF Solutions to the Problem of Astronaut Mass

space exploration

An artist's concept of the Apollo 15 Command and Service Modules, showing two crewmembers performing a new-to-Apollo extravehicular activity.

Need Smaller Astronauts? Five Dubious SF Solutions to the Problem of Astronaut Mass

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Illustration of a figure in a spacesuit on an alien planet with two suns on the horizon

Five Utterly Convincing Reasons We Must Conquer Space

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Photo of an open notebook and a fountain pen

12 Poems That Consider the Cosmos 

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Artist's conception of a moon colony mining facility.

Five SF Stories Featuring Unsuccessful Attempts at Space Colonization

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A scene from Spaceman (2024): astronaut Jakub (Adam Sandler) and the alien-spider Hanus

Eight Crazy Eyes: Spaceman

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Photo of the earth rising over the surface of the moon

Five Ways Authors Motivate Characters to Leave Earth Behind

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Illustration of a figure in a spacesuit on an alien planet with two suns on the horizon

Seven Short Stories About Planets You Probably Wouldn’t Want to Visit

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Five SF Stories About Space Scouts and Cosmic Exploration

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The Very Small and The Very Large: Outer Wilds as Interactive Space Opera

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Artist rendition of Lunar Colony exterior.

Five Impractical Reasons to Establish Space Colonies

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Scientifically Plausible SF Settings That Provide an Alternative to FTL Travel

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Stranger Than Sci-Fi: How Science Nudges Fiction Into New Frontiers