Colonizing Space, Issue 4: Hubris, Greed, and Naked Ambition Are Essential

Salyut-1: humanity’s first space station, and one of nine space stations placed in orbit by the USSR (Pinterest)

The first three issues of Colonizing Space were nuts-and-bolts discussions of what is required for true long-term habitation in space. But as hopeful as one might be for humanity’s future in the Final Frontier, it’s not going to happen without the proper motivation: the dominating hubris of the Mongols, the bottomless greed of the East India Company, and the…