Andy Weir on the Economics of Sci-Fi and Space
Conversations with Tyler
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Is There Any Life on Mars?
I would love to hear his thoughts on NASA's Office of Planetary Protection. I am not a fan and I've mentioned this a few times in the past. My main concern is this: Is there anything that's on Earth that can survive an eight month journey through the vacuum of space? If your answer is no, then there's no need for planetary protection. So surely on the moon, that's likely to be the case. What do you think of Elon Musk and other private space efforts? I think private space and commercial space industries like that are the way forward.
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