Reader, I’m super excited about this week’s issue of the White Pill, the world’s most excellent newsletter covering the most awesome developments in space, energy, engineering, computing, physics, medicine, and more.

This issue is big. We have a lead story: my interview with planetary scientist Phil Metzger, where we discuss, in detail, the first steps necessary toward building a fully mature space economy, and what operations on the moon will look like.

Then, the section on space has items about Mars, a meteor shower literally happening right now, and more. In the section on energy, engineering, and computing, you’ll read about another fusion net energy gain and the end to the X/Twitter superconductor saga, among other items. In the medicine section, progress in blindness and dementia. Fun stuff at the end as always, and don’t ever forget the White Pill Investment Index, where we track the latest VC investments in super evocative companies / concepts / projects.