Kellen and Chris return and join Stephen and Brevin for a discussion of Space Future! Is space optimism justified or pure Cold War propaganda? Is our future to colonize the solar system and beyond, or to remain trapped on earth in a cloud of our own debris? And are we alone? Are there aliens, and if so, what does it matter? Will it wreck religion or geopolitics first? These questions, and more?
Articles:
~https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/09/28/the-elusive-peril-of-space-junk
~https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/01/25/have-we-already-been-visited-by-aliens
~https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v43/n05/tom-stevenson/where-are-the-space-arks
~https://arxiv.org/abs/1806.02404
~https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/religion-extraterrestrials-jesus-save-klingons/
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