The Beautiful Collaborative Future in Outer Space Is Already Being Built

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The beautiful collaborative future in outer space is already being built, particularly among the global south. There's a number of countries that have agreements already to create these disaster monitoring satellite constellations. A lot of folks from these countries who are educated,. say, m in eled institutions in the us also don't know about it, which i think is interesting. So i would suggest take a look at what's happening in africa and south america because they have been doing it this whole time.

Paris Marx is joined by Julie Michelle Klinger to discuss the myths around rare earth elements and how they’re fueling a movement to enclose and mine space. But a better, more collaborative future that treats space as a commons is still possible, and the Global South may show us the way forward.

Julie Michelle Klinger is the author of “Rare Earth Frontiers: From Terrestrial Subsoils to Lunar Landscapes” and an Assistant Professor of Geography & Spatial Sciences at the University of Delaware. Her argument about why space is not the final frontier was recently published on urbanNext. Follow Julie on Twitter as @Prof_Klinger.

Tech Won't Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter.

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