Thomas interviews Dr. Robert Zubrin on the case for space exploration, how private companies such as SpaceX are making it cheaper and easier to reach space, and how freedom is essential for scientific and social progress.
Dr. Zubrin is president of Pioneer Aeronautics and founder and president of The Mars Society. He holds a PhD in nuclear engineering from the University of Washington and is the author of βThe Case for Space: How the Revolution in Spaceflight Opens Up a Future of Limitless Possibility.β
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β° TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Introduction
0:50 What's the role of private companies in space?
7:17 How human industry creates resources
9:20 Mars: the pressure cooker for innovation
18:10 Why did NASA stagnate?
31:20 NASA's Artemis program
32:45 Less obvious benefits of space flight
43:34 "Backing up" the human species
53:24 Final comments
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The Case for Space: How the Revolution in Spaceflight Opens Up a Future of Limitless Possibility:
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Robert Ingersol: Intellectual and Moral Atlas: https://theobjectivestandard.com/2018/02/robert-ingersoll-intellectual-moral-atlas/
The Hero Show on Apollo 11:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48hPhG_jK9o&t=319s
SpaceX Shows the Way Forward: Let Private Industry Take the Lead in Space:
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