Kelly Weinersmith

Charlottesville

A big nerd. Co-author of NYTimes Bestseller & Hugo Winner A City on Mars. Co-host of @DandKUniverse. Married to @ZachWeiner. She/her @weinersmith.bsky.social

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3 weeks ago | wyborcza.pl | Zach Weinersmith |Kelly Weinersmith
Mars Attacks: How Elon Musk's plans to colonize Mars threaten Earth

Mar 20, 2025 | thebulletin.org | Kelly Weinersmith |Zach Weinersmith |Erik English

By Kelly Weinersmith and Zach WeinersmithIllustrations by Zach Weinersmith with select images courtesy of Penguin PressLayout by Erik EnglishMarch 20, 2025 The world is nearly all parcelled out,and what there is left of it is beingdivided up, conquered, and colonised. To think of these stars that you see overhead at night,these vast worlds which we can never reach.
Having a baby on Mars? You may be in for a difficult time

Nov 22, 2024 | newscientist.com | Cat Bohannon |Kelly Weinersmith

As a kind of living embodiment of the dangers of techno-optimism, Elon Musk recently declared he means to create a self-sustaining settlement of 1 million people on Mars in the next 30 years. But few talk about the elephant in the room: â€śself-sustainingâ€ť means that women must become pregnant, give birth and somehow not dieâ€¦ on Mars.
A new life on Mars? Expect toxic dust, bad vibes and insects for lunch

Nov 12, 2024 | newscientist.com | Kelly Weinersmith |Zach Weinersmith

Earth isn’t doing so great. Thanks to human-induced climate change, the seas are warming and rising, while the land – in many places – is alternately choked in drought or inundated with floods. As for us humans, we are engaged in warfare on multiple continents, far-right movements are ascendant across the world and, as of last month, “dude wipes” are available with a pumpkin spice scent in the United States. Meanwhile, the escape hatch to space is creaking open.
A City on Mars

Oct 4, 2024 | penguin.co.uk | Kelly Weinersmith |Zach Weinersmith

Skip to ContentThe Penguin Podcast is back! Listen NowEarth is not well. The promise of starting life anew somewhere far, far away - no climate change, no war, no Twitter - beckons, and settling the stars finally seems within our grasp. Or is it?
Here are the winners of the 2024 Hugo Awards.

Aug 12, 2024 | lithub.com | Drew Broussard |Brian K. Vaughan |Kelly Weinersmith

The winners of the 2024 Hugo Awards—one of science fiction and fantasy’s most prestigious awards, decided by the popular vote of WorldCon members—were presented this weekend at the 82nd WorldCon in Glasgow, Scotland.
Member Spotlight: Jimmy Bernot

May 11, 2024 | amsocparasit.org | Kelly Weinersmith

By Kelly WeinersmithDr. Jimmy Bernot recently finished postdoctoral positions that brought him from the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, to the Natural History Museum in London, to the Senckenberg German Center for Marine Biodiversity Research! I connected with Jimmy over email while he was hanging out in DC before moving to Connecticut to start as an Assistant Professor at UConn.
A city on Mars: Have we really thought this through?

Mar 8, 2024 | sciencefocus.com | Kelly Weinersmith |Zach Weinersmith

On 18 November 2023, SpaceX launched one of the largest rockets ever constructed. Starship marks a step change for humanity’s relationship with space and even a Mars base. It has a reusable rocket so powerful that it could carry the mass of today’s painstakingly built International Space Station in just two to three launches, and likely quite a bit cheaper.
Chatter: "A City on Mars," with Dr. Kelly and Zach Weinersmith

Jan 25, 2024 | lawfaremedia.org | Kelly Weinersmith |Zach Weinersmith

Published by The Lawfare Institute in Cooperation With Outer space is back in style. For the first time in decades, NASA is sending astronauts back to the moon. Millionaires are exiting the atmosphere on a regular basis. And Elon Musk says humans may land on Mars to set up settlements by 2030. But would mastering space be worth it? In their new book, “A City on Mars,” co-authors (and spouses) Dr. Kelly and Zach Weinersmith argue that it’s probably not.
Space Colonization Won't Look Anything Like the Frontier

Jan 20, 2024 | foreignpolicy.com | Kelly Weinersmith

Science and Technology United States In 1873, the U.S. Congress passed the Timber Culture Act, granting up to 160 acres to any head of a family willing to plant and keep 40 acres of trees in the Great Plains for a period of 10 years.