Thomas interviews Dr. Robert Zubrin on the case for space exploration, how private companies such as SpaceX are making it cheaper and easier to reach space, and how freedom is essential for scientific and social progress.

 

Dr. Zubrin is president of Pioneer Aeronautics and founder and president of The Mars Society. He holds a PhD in nuclear engineering from the University of Washington and is the author of “The Case for Space: How the Revolution in Spaceflight Opens Up a Future of Limitless Possibility.”

 

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0:00 Introduction

0:50 What's the role of private companies in space?

7:17 How human industry creates resources

9:20 Mars: the pressure cooker for innovation

18:10 Why did NASA stagnate?

31:20 NASA's Artemis program

32:45 Less obvious benefits of space flight

43:34 "Backing up" the human species

53:24 Final comments

 

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The Case for Space: How the Revolution in Spaceflight Opens Up a Future of Limitless Possibility:

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Robert Ingersol: Intellectual and Moral Atlas: https://theobjectivestandard.com/2018/02/robert-ingersoll-intellectual-moral-atlas/ 

 

The Hero Show on Apollo 11:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48hPhG_jK9o&t=319s 

 

SpaceX Shows the Way Forward: Let Private Industry Take the Lead in Space:

https://theobjectivestandard.com/2020/06/spacex-shows-the-way-forward-let-private-industry-take-the-lead-in-space/ 

 

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