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Delve Into My Thoughts on Space Exploration

I am passionate about humanity's destiny in space. As a result, I write about it quite often. Below you can read some of my thoughts on space exploration and download my more extensive writings on the topic.

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The Transhumanist Case for Space

For a few years, I was interested in the transhumanist movement. I was a contributing editor of the transhumanist society online journal for a brief period. Although I was sympathetic and in agreement with the overall objective of favoring technological enhancement of humans, I thought that expansion into space was just as important. The Transhumanist Case for Space is an argument for a transhumanist focus on space exploration.

The Case for Space

In April 2011 I gave a keynote speech about The Case for Space at the AIAA student conference dinner at the University of Alabama. Later, I wrote an op-ed length version of The Case for Space that was published in the Denver Post in March 2015.

The New Space Economy

I believe one key to getting humanity out into space for good is creating economic conditions that allow the energy of private enterprise to drive the process. I gave a speech titled The New Space Economy in Austin, Texas, in May of 2010 that outlines an approach to achieve just that. Space News later published the speech as an op-ed piece.

In October 2011, I gave a speech at the annual meeting of the Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) in Boulder, Colorado, called Growing the Space Economy.

Also in October 2011, I testified before the US Congressional House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and with Elon Musk and others. I advocated investments in NASA's commercial crew program, and you can read a transcript of my testimony.

I also wrote a short piece titled Creating Rockets that was published in April 2015 by the Denver Post.