NASA's $24.5M contract signals the shift from government space programs to commercial space infrastructure. Today's vendor relationships become tomorrow's gatekeepers to lunar and Mars colonies.
Digital infrastructure has no neutral setting—every network designed for convenience becomes a tool for control. The question isn't whether surveillance will happen, but who controls it and for what purpose. Read the original article
Orbiting solar arrays could deliver 24/7 clean energy without weather disruption or seasonal variation - but at what cost to the massive terrestrial renewable infrastructure investments we're making today? Read the original article
Green hydrogen needs massive water supplies, but semi-arid regions pursuing clean energy face a brutal choice: feed the hydrogen economy or preserve scarce water for human needs over the next 50 years. Read the original article
Infrastructure planners designing for 2075 now face a new question: how do you plan waste management systems when waste streams become improvement opportunities rather than disposal problems? Read the original article