Stories by Rick N. Tumlinson

Rick N. Tumlinson most recently founded the EarthLight Foundation and co-founded the SpaceFund, a venture capital firm. He also co-founded the Space Frontier Foundation and was a founding board member of the XPRIZE. His book Why Space? The Purpose of People comes out in spring 2025.

A view of the evening sky with a waxing gibbous moon past tree foliage in silhouette

OpinionNovember 19, 2024

Bury Me on the Moon—Preferably on the Far Side

The far side of the moon offers grounds for compromise between advocates and opponents of lunar development

Rick N. Tumlinson

Stockton Rush, OceanGates chief executive, seen in silhouette as he spoke during a press conference in front of the Cyclops 1, a five-person sub that was used by OceanGate to capture detailed sonar images of the Andrea Doria shipwreck

OpinionJanuary 15, 2024

Space and Submarine Explorers Are Right to Take Risks

What lessons does the loss of the Titan submersible have for preventing spaceflight disasters?

Rick N. Tumlinson