Fully-illustrated,ThePassengercollectsthebestnewwriting,photography,artandreportagefromaroundtheworld.INTHISVOLUME:Night,Sleep,DeathandtheStarsbyLaurenGroff・TheUniverseUndergroundbyPaoloGiordano・WeAllHatedEachOtherSoMuchbyFrankWestermann・plus:discoveringnewplanetsanddestroyingsatellites;returningtotheMoon(thistimetostay);theMarsdelusion;thehuntforextraterrestriallife,andmuchmore...Inthe1960s,therivalrybetweenthesuperpowersbroughtusintospace,addingawholenewdimensiontohumanlife.Thelastfrontierwasopen,thesolarsystemseemedcloseathand,Marswasthenextstep...Then,nothing.Between1969and1972twelvemen(butnowomen)walkedonthemoon,butnoonehassince.ThespaceracebetweentheUnitedStatesandtheSovietUnionrevealeditselfforwhatitreallywas:apoliticalandmilitarycompetitionbetweenopposingnationalistnarratives.Spaceagencies,however,havenotbeenidlesincethe1970s--quitetheopposite.Whilefundingforspacemissionshasbeencutandtheirobjectiveshavechanged,humanityhascontinuedtoexplorethesolarsystemwithprobesandrobots,lesscostlythanhumanastronauts,andhasobservedcelestialbodiesmorecloselythaneverbefore.Withoutpolitics,sciencehasthrived.Butthelackofgovernmentfundinghasalsoopenedspaceexplorationtotheforcesofcapitalism.NASAandotherspaceagenciesrelymoreandmoreonprivatecompaniestobuildmodulesandrockets,andagenerationofvisionaryandmegalomaniacentrepreneurshasbecomedeterminedtobringhumansbacktospace,thistimetostay.Theracehasstartedagain,withdifferentrulesanddifferentplayersinanincreasinglymultipolarworld.ButforthoseofuswhoremainonEarth,spacealsoofferssomethingelse--aspiritualdimension,whichsciencekeepsalivebyseekinganswerstofundamentalquestions:whatistheuniversemadeof?Howdidthesolarsystemform?Whataretheoriginsoflife?AndwhilecolonizingMarsmightnotbethesolutiontohumanity’sproblems,thepromiseofspace--whetherexpressedinatweetbyElonMuskoraphototakenbyaNASAroveronMars--istofinallydemonstratethat,whennecessary,weareabletoworktogethertobuildacommonfutureforthewholeofhumanity.
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