You stand on a planet that feels massive, yet Earth is a microscopic speck floating inside a star system that is virtually invisible against the backdrop of the cosmos. Every familiar boundary you know vanishes once you realize just how massive reality actually is: from the crushing pressure beneath our […]
Which worlds could humanity actually call home beyond Earth? From ancient Mars and a future Moon city to moving billions of people off our planet and reaching an Earth-like world, these scenarios explore the places humanity might one day be able to live. 00:05 What If You Lived on Mars […]
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Link to full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FQghS0GRhU NASA has published a timeline for living on the moon, and the dates are closer than most people assume. The plan runs in phases: from now through 2029, secure reliable access to the lunar surface and start experimenting there. Between 2029 and 2032, stand up […]
Link to full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B65mFXwqJYA Nobody has walked on the moon since 1972, and Andrew Aurigema’s answer for why has almost nothing to do with rockets being hard to build. Apollo ran on roughly 10 percent of the entire federal budget. NASA now works with about one tenth of one […]
War, environmental destruction, global warming, species extinction… Spaceship Earth is being trashed by its crew. It’s looking like humanity needs a Plan B. Fast. And, the obvious candidate? It’s staring down at us every night. Mars. It has a total surface area almost equal to Earth’s entire land area. So […]
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