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Interview with Deutschlandfunk Kultur: "Der neue Fortschrittsglaube der Tech-Milliardäre."

In this episode, Prof. Dr. Temmen discusses how tech billionaires market space travel as a promise of salvation for the future. This vision, he…

An Infinitely Dark Legacy

“An Infinitely Dark Legacy”: Exhibition and Discussion in Mainz

Wednesday 28, January 2026 to Friday 30, January 2026.

Current space exploration, increasingly dominated by private industry, raises questions about…

Prof. Dr. Jens Temmen

New Essay by Prof. Dr. Temmen: "Milliardäre im Weltraum"

Prof. Dr. Temmen's latest essay, “Milliardäre im Weltraum: Die Tech-Broligarchie und das ,Zweite Weltraumzeitalter'”, was published on January 20,…

Guest Lecture: Dr. Simon Strick

Guest Lecture: Dr. Simon Strick

On Tuesday, January 13, 2026, Dr. Simon Strick was a guest in our class on “Fascism in American Literature and Culture.” Dr. Strick conducted a…

"'We were safer in space': NewSpace and the Male Gaze in Alien: Earth and William Shatner’s Boldly Go.“

Conference "Ethnographies of Outer Space“ at the University of Vienna.

Friday 26, December 2025. 

For more information go to: https://futurespace-pr…