Humanity’s Next Fifty Years in the Solar System, and Beyond

Megan Beets and Kesha Rogers take on the cultural pessimism holding humanity back from its ultimate destiny in space. President Trump’s announcement of returning man and woman back to the moon in a mere five years has met a striking lack of response from the American population. Why? If mankind’s survival depends on expanding its scope of dominion, how are we to rally the population to embrace and succeed in President Trump’s immediate goal, and the challenges that lie decades afterward?