Challenges and Realities of Space-Based Solar Energy for Space Settlement

This is a selection of highlights from episode #187 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast.

These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — and if you enjoy this, we strongly recommend checking out the full episode:

Zach Weinersmith on how researching his book turned him from a space optimist into a “space bastard”

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Chapters:

• A potted history of space exploration (00:00:23)
• Why space settlement (probably) won't make us rich (00:06:07)
• What happens to human bodies in space (00:11:43)
• The ethics of space babies (00:16:05)
• Making babies in space (00:18:40)
• A roadmap for settling space (00:22:42)

Highlights put together by Simon Monsour, Milo McGuire, and Dominic Armstrong