Archive - Planetocracy

Mass Value Report for July 2026

What will life after Falcon 9 look like?

Aug 1 • Peter Hague

July 2026

Why Starship is Hard

The thirteenth test flight is complete - but why has Starship taken so much time to develop?

Jul 25 • Peter Hague

Designing a reactor for the Red Planet

Jul 19 • Incautious Optimism

The Future At Stake

We live in perilous times, and the decisions we make now could echo down the millennia

Jul 16 • Peter Hague

The Chinese Catch Up

With the successful recovery of a Long March 10B first stage, the US is losing its monopoly on reusable launch vehicles.

Jul 12 • Peter Hague

Mass Value Report for June 2026

Could China catch and overtake the US?

Jul 2 • Peter Hague

June 2026

Paying for Kids on the Frontier

The New Worlds can self finance and reproduce themselves

Jun 25 • Peter Hague

Who Watches the Space Watchers?

Not everybody is happy about the revolution in spaceflight, even in a nation not that involved...

Jun 15 • Peter Hague

A Guide for the Novice Space Investor

What you need to know about space.

Jun 10 • Peter Hague

Review: New Space Capitalism

Private Property on the Final Frontier

Jun 5 • Peter Hague

Mass Value Report for May 2026

Progress and Setbacks

Jun 2 • Peter Hague

May 2026

A Serious Blow for American Spaceflight

The loss of one New Glenn rocket has serious ramifications

May 29 • Peter Hague

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