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This podcast extra takes a look at the proposals from Boeing and Lockheed Martin to develop a lunar space station for NASA.

In this discussion we cover:

- NASA’s current plans for deep space exploration

- Lunar and Martian exploration

- What exploration can be done from orbit

- Human vs robotic exploration

- The likelihood of contaminating other worlds with Earth organisms

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