Monique Verdin, "Headwaters : Tamaracks + Time : Lake Itasca" (2019), digital assemblage. Photograph taken in 2019; United States War Department map of the route passed over by an expedition into the Indian country in 1832 to the source of the Mississippi River.

Space

Space has long fired the ambitions of politicians and policymakers for a range of purposes: geopolitical strategy, exploration, national glory, scientific research, and technology development. More recently, private industry has looked to space for profit, whether from asteroid mining, space tourism, or satellite imagery. These articles examine the space-related policies that enable humans to explore this final frontier.