Dossiers Space / Espace Back to previous selection / Retour à la sélection précédente From the Moon to Mars The New Economics (part I) 27 August 2009 Explore the “Extraterrestrial Imperative” for humankind to develop both our own planet as well as the rest of the solar system. A new economics of space colonization begins with the industrialization of the Moon as a precursor to accelerated, fusion-powered flight to Mars.