Kelly C. Smith (Clemson): Manifest Complexity: A Foundational Ethic for Astrobiology? Charles Mann on the tricky ethics of intergalactic colonization. Is there any plausible reason why aliens would evolve to look like us? Charlie Jane Anders wonders. Don’t write off ET quite yet: It’s true that we haven’t seen alien life, but neither have we seen much of the universe. Maddie Stone on how the dominant life form in the cosmos is probably superintelligent robots. How would earthly religions handle aliens? Some couldn’t tolerate extraterrestrial life, while others already anticipate it. Dennis Overbye on how possibilities of life elsewhere might alter held notions of faith. @EliminateNASA: “NASA is a drain on the national treasure, kept alive only by the #atheism #atheist lobby to fill the hole caused by their rejection of God”’ and “NASA kills. Eliminate NASA. Don't let #atheist #atheism propagandists like @neiltyson dupe you into supporting death”. The Solar System is slowly re-arranging itself: Ian Stewart on how math is changing everything we thought we knew about space. Kate Knibbs on the quest to build an elevator to space. The man who went to the Moon: Buzz Aldrin — war-hero, fighter pilot, MIT rocket scientist, man on the moon — isn't finished yet. Andrew Liptak on the real story of Apollo 17, and why we never went back to the Moon. Return to the moon: Decades after that first small step, space thinkers are finally getting serious about our nearest neighbor.
