The idea that civilization is headed someplace is a defining feature of the West. Since at least the late Middle Ages, we have believed ourselves to be headed someplace better, even if slowly. Many moments lay ahead to ensure that belief has not been misguided.

StandPoint’s thirteenth year in business coincides with the Ides of March. We choose to see this overlap as a sign of the staying power of compelling stories.

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory just showed us that America's can-do spirit is still alive, even in a can't-do age.

Thirty-five years ago today, America lost astronauts for the first time during a mission. As America rebuilds its human spaceflight program, we need to re-learn the lessons from Challenger and her sister ship, Columbia.

The events of January 6, 2021 in Washington D.C. echoed those of August 24, 410 in Rome, both for their contemporary symbolism and for the lessons that one can teach us about the other.

On the eve of Election Day, let's remember that no matter how dark or uncertain things look, we have it within us to prevail.

The international community of nations and the private sector will have to work closely to build the technical and political tools necessary to defend the planet.

Each year we mark the anniversary of D Day to honor the men and women who sacrificed so much to help prevent a new Dark Age of fascist terror, bigotry and ignorance.

Building an effective policy to meet the world’s challenges in space, including building a sustained human presence on Mars, is less about rockets and spacecraft and more about leadership and determination.