Starliner.net is offered as a free, reader-facing publication about space exploration and speculative futures. By using the site you accept the terms below. If you do not accept them, please do not use the site.
Who we are
"Starliner.net", "we", "us", and "our" refer to the editorial project that publishes at the domain starliner.net. "You" and "your" refer to the person accessing the site. These terms govern your use of the website, its pages, assets, and any content made available through it.
Acceptable use
You may read the site, link to individual articles, and share quotes of reasonable length with attribution. You may not:
- Copy substantial portions of the site, reproduce full articles elsewhere, or republish the site's fiction or reference material without written permission
- Attempt to scrape, harvest, mirror, or mass-download the site using automated tools beyond what is permitted by
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- Use the site to train machine-learning models or language models without a specific, written licensing arrangement
- Frame, overlay, or embed site pages in ways that obscure authorship or advertising, or that misrepresent the content as your own
- Use the site or any information obtained from it for any unlawful purpose
Intellectual property
All editorial content on Starliner.net — articles, essays, fiction, illustrations commissioned or produced for the site, the Starliner.net name, and the visual design — is the intellectual property of the project and its contributors, except where clearly attributed to third parties. Public-domain astronomical imagery and any third-party assets used under licence remain the property of their owners.
You receive a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to access and read the content through the site. No other rights are granted by default.
Short quotations for the purposes of review, education, criticism, or commentary are permitted under applicable fair-use or fair-dealing rules, provided the source is clearly cited and a link back to the original page is included where feasible.
Nature of the content
Starliner.net publishes two categories of content:
- "Now" articles describe current space exploration and ongoing missions. These are written as general-audience summaries based on public reporting. They are not authoritative technical documentation.
- "Beyond" articles and Library fiction explore speculative concepts, theoretical physics, and original science fiction. These are clearly labelled and should not be read as predictions, investment advice, engineering specifications, or scientific consensus.
Nothing on this site constitutes professional advice of any kind — including but not limited to engineering, aerospace, investment, legal, medical, or career advice. See the Disclaimer for further detail.
User-submitted material
Starliner.net does not currently accept public comments, submissions, or uploaded content through the website. If you contact us by email with an idea, suggestion, or correction, you grant us a non-exclusive licence to use that input to improve the site, including publishing a correction or quoting the message, unless you tell us otherwise in the same message. We will not publish your name or email address without your permission.
Links to other sites
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Advertising
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Disclaimers
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Limitation of liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, Starliner.net and its contributors are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or any loss of data, goodwill, revenue, or profits arising out of or in connection with your use of the site, whether based in contract, tort (including negligence), strict liability, or any other legal theory, and whether or not we have been advised of the possibility of such damages. Where liability cannot be excluded by law, it is limited to the fullest extent that the law allows.
Indemnity
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Starliner.net and its contributors from any claim, demand, loss, or expense (including reasonable legal fees) arising from your breach of these terms, your misuse of the site, or your violation of any rights of a third party.
Termination
We may, at our discretion, block access to the site, withdraw content, or terminate any informal arrangement (such as an email correspondence) at any time, with or without notice, particularly where we believe these terms are being breached or where continued service would expose us or readers to legal or security risk.
Governing law and jurisdiction
These terms are governed by the laws of [Jurisdiction], without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. Any dispute arising out of or related to these terms or your use of the site will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts of [Jurisdiction], except where mandatory consumer protection rules provide otherwise.
Changes to these terms
We may update these terms from time to time. The current version will always be available at this URL, with a "last reviewed" date at the bottom of the page. Your continued use of the site after changes become effective means you accept the updated terms. If you do not accept them, please stop using the site.
Severability
If any provision of these terms is found unenforceable by a competent court, that provision will be modified to the minimum extent necessary and the remaining provisions will continue in full force.
Contact
Questions about these terms can be sent to [email protected].
Last reviewed on 2026-04-24. Governing law: [Jurisdiction].