Alexander William Salter (Texas Tech): Ordering the Cosmos: Private Law and Celestial Property Rights. What could wreck Elon Musk’s plan to colonize Mars isn’t science, technology, or money — it’s ethics. Freeman Dyson reviews How to Make a Spaceship: A Band of Renegades, an Epic Race, and the Birth of Private Spaceflight by Julian Guthrie; Beyond Earth: Our Path to a New Home in the Planets by Charles Wohlforth and Amanda R. Hendrix; and All These Worlds Are Yours: The Scientific Search for Alien Life by Jon Willis. Scientists propose space nation named “Asgardia” and cosmic shield to protect Earth from asteroids. The introduction to Deep Life: The Hunt for the Hidden Biology of Earth, Mars, and Beyond by Tullis C. Onstott. What will Trump's presidency mean for our future in space?
