#271 – Ariel Ekblaw: Space Colonization and Self-Assembling Space Megastructures
Ariel Ekblaw is the director of the MIT Space Exploration Initiative. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) - Introduction
(06:51) - Space exploration
(15:58) - Swarm robotics and self-assembling space habitats
(33:39) - Microgravity
(37:56) - Deep duration space missions
(43:06) - Extraterrestrial life
(49:29) - Music and sports in space
(56:08) - Colonizing space
(1:03:28) - War in space
(1:08:02) - Robots in space
(1:22:43) - Commercial space exploration
(1:26:21) - Future of space exploration
(1:34:07) - Beauty of the universe
(1:39:03) - Space cities
(1:44:44) - Advice for young people
(1:48:04) - Consciousness
(1:49:50) - Meaning of life