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Author Archives: Rick Tumlinson

Illustration of NASA astronauts on the lunar South Pole. Credit: NASA
Posted inOpinion

Artemis 2.0: A model for really winning the new moon race

by Rick Tumlinson March 28, 2025April 23, 2025

Right now, the remains of three private spacecraft rest on the moon, with one more lost in Earth orbit. And that is incredible. First came Israel’s Beresheet, which crashed on […]

Concept art of a Starship launch pads on a Mars base. Credit: SpaceX
Posted inOpinion

Mars Next and “All of the Above”

by Rick Tumlinson December 13, 2024December 13, 2024
The International Space Station, photographed in 2021. Credit: NASA
Posted inOpinion

Save Freedom: We must stop the destruction of the International Space Station

by Rick Tumlinson July 2, 2024July 1, 2024
illustration of a sci-fi fleet of space ships flying past multiple fictional planets.
Posted inOpinion

The future of the Space Force isn’t on Earth — it’s in the solar system

by Rick Tumlinson March 20, 2024March 20, 2024
AI illustration of "novel space ideas defying institutional gravity" generated by the editor using Midjourney. Credit: Brian Berger / SpaceNews
Posted inOpinion

The White House versus the private sector in space

by Rick Tumlinson January 22, 2024January 17, 2024
Crew Dragon docked to ISS
Posted inCivil

Op-ed | Do not cancel space station’s new culture of commercial cooperation

by Rick Tumlinson March 8, 2021January 23, 2023
Posted inOpinion

Op-ed | Space startups, Darwin and the coronavirus

by Rick Tumlinson April 21, 2020January 24, 2023
Posted inOpinion

Op-ed | The need to dream in darkness

by Rick Tumlinson March 19, 2020January 24, 2023
Posted inFrom the Magazine

Op-ed | What should we call the men and women of Space Force?

by Rick Tumlinson January 21, 2020January 23, 2023
Posted inFrom the Magazine

Op-ed | Why we’re not on the moon now (and how we can stay next time we go)

by Rick Tumlinson July 18, 2019January 23, 2023

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