The Anti-Dystopians Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and the Colonization of Outer Space
To kick off the new season of the podcast, Alina Utrata and Shikha Srinivas discuss space colonization and the tech billionaires in outer space. Why are Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk obsessed with getting to the moon and Mars? How are climate change and the quest to become an interplanetary species related? Who will unaccountable private corporations in space ultimately harm? Should we be afraid of cascading satellites and colliding space junk? And how can indigenous principles and knowledge-holders lead us in understanding our obligations to earth and space, and caring for our shared celestial commons?
Since we talked a lot about indigenous communities on this episode, we want to highlight the work and knowledge of indigenous scholars, activists and communities:
Sense of Place Series: Indigenous Perspectives on Earth and Sky
All My Relations: a podcast by three native women, as well as the specific episode about the fight to protect Mauna Kea
The Polynesian Voyaging Society, Hokule’a and more on Polynesian navigation practices.
Native Appropriations, a blog by Dr. Adrienne Keene
More Indigenous Scholars and Scholarly Work
Native science : natural laws of interdependence
More about indigenous communities, colonialism and space:
The impact of satellite constellations on space as an ancestral global commons
Anger after Indonesia offers Elon Musk Papuan island for SpaceX launchpad
Astronomers May Not Like It but Astronomy and Colonialism Have a Shared History
The legacy of colonialism on public lands created the Mauna Kea conflict
Other articles:
New York Times article about the social life of forests
The myth of the tragedy of the commons
What if Space Junk and Climate Change Become the Same Problem?
A rough sketch on some advanced carbon capture technology
Astronomers are very frustrated with Elon Musk’s satellites
Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos’s space ideology:
Billionaire battles are shaping our future in space
Elon Musk’s Satellite Internet Project Is Too Risky, Rivals Say
Elon Musk’s War on Regulators:The Tesla and SpaceX chief courts conflict with an alphabet soup of government agencies—and generally gets away with it
Elon Musk’s SpaceX violated its launch license in explosive Starship test, triggering an FAA probe
Jeff Bezos’ Rocket Company Challenges NASA Over SpaceX Moon Lander Deal
Jeff Bezos Lifts Veil on His Rocket Company, Blue Origin
Nowhere Land by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4148-nowhere-land
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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