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Michio Kaku forecasts the future of space travel

Published on May 21, 2019

Mega-rich entrepreneurs are taking us where no human being has gone before.

- During the first golden era of space exploration, we went to the moon. Then we sort of dropped the ball for 50 years.

- The problem is space travel is very expensive, especially the way governments do space travel.

- Because it costs $10,000 to put a pound of anything into orbit around the planet, we need to have an infusion of public and private funds. That's where billionaires such as Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos come into the picture. With their help, we have new energies, new strategies, and new plans to go back into outer space.

Michio Kaku is a futurist, popularizer of science, and theoretical physicist, as well as a bestselling author and the host of two radio programs. He is the co-founder of string field theory (a branch of string theory), and continues Einstein’s search to unite the four fundamental forces of nature into one unified theory. He holds the Henry Semat Chair and Professorship in theoretical physics and a joint appointment at City College of New York and the Graduate Center of C.U.N.Y. He is also a visiting professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and is a Fellow of the American Physical Society. His latest book is "The Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality, and Our Destiny Beyond Earth"
 

The first all woman spacewalk outside the space station on this week @NASA – October 18, 2019

Oct 18, 2019

A first aboard the space station, some gear well-suited for the Artemis generation, and ensuring astronaut safety … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!
 

Musk vs. Bezos: Whose philosophy will get him to space first? | Peter Ward

Oct 29, 2019

- The billionaires Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk are driving the private space sector, however, they both have different motivations and goals for doing so.

- For Musk, space colonization is a matter of saving the human species — having a Plan B. For Bezos, he believes Earth can be saved and transformed into a "residential only" zone. Goods from industrial manufacturing would be outsourced from space colonies.

- One big concern regarding Bezos' plan is whether his company's presence in space would someday constitute a monopoly of extraterrestrial industry.
 

Dava Newman: space exploration, space suits, and life on Mars | Artificial Intelligence (AI) Podcast

Nov 22, 2019

Dava Newman is the Apollo Program professor of AeroAstro at MIT and the former Deputy Administrator of NASA and has been a principal investigator on four spaceflight missions. Her research interests are in aerospace biomedical engineering, investigating human performance in varying gravity environments.
OUTLINE:
0:00 - Introduction
3:11 - Circumnavigating the globe by boat
5:11 - Exploration
7:17 - Life on Mars
11:07 - Intelligent life in the universe
12:25 - Advanced propulsion technology
13:32 - The Moon and NASA's Artemis program
19:17 - SpaceX
21:45 - Science on a CubeSat
23:45 - Reusable rockets
25:23 - Spacesuit of the future
32:01 - AI in Space
35:31 - Interplanetary species
36:57 - Future of space exploration
 

Meet the experts: robots in space

Aug 11, 2020

Will robots replace humans one day? When it comes to space exploration, robots are our precursors, gathering data to prepare humans for deep space. ESA robotics engineer Martin Azkarate discusses some of the upcoming missions involving robots and the unique science they will perform in this episode of Meet the Experts.
 

Avi Loeb: Aliens, Black Holes, and the Mystery of the Oumuamua | Lex Fridman Podcast #154

Jan 13, 2021

Avi Loeb is an astrophysicist at Harvard.

Outline:

0:00 - Introduction
2:31 - Are we alone in the universe?
6:46 - Consciousness
11:23 - Sending digital copies of humans to space
16:01 - Oumuamua
38:04 - Alien space junk
42:03 - What do aliens look like?
59:21 - Drake equation
1:00:23 - Industrial polution from aliens
1:12:15 - UFO sightings
1:20:11 - How long will human civilization last?
1:22:51 - Radio signal from Proxima Centauri
1:26:12 - Breakthrough Starshot project
1:29:11 - Space race
1:34:22 - Human space exploration
1:39:38 - Social media is a threat to society
1:44:26 - Are humans ready for discovering an alien civilization?
1:48:38 - Mayans used astrology to wage war
1:49:53 - Black holes
2:08:43 - Stephen Hawking
2:12:21 - Grigori Perelman
2:16:46 - Theory of everything
2:23:45 - Dark matter
2:26:28 - Advice for young people
2:29:32 - Memories of my father and mother
2:34:01 - Existentialism
2:36:15 - Mortality
2:38:49 - Meaning of life
 

Natalya Bailey: Rocket Engines and Electric Spacecraft Propulsion | Lex Fridman Podcast #157

Feb 1, 2021

Natalya Bailey is a rocket propulsion engineer from MIT and now CTO of Accion Systems.

Outline:

0:00​ - Introduction
1:46​ - Intelligent life in the universe
5:47​ - Life in our solar system
7:52​ - Humans on Mars
11:26​ - Robots vs human in space exploration
12:20​ - AI in space
16:25​ - How rocket engines work
21:42​ - How ion engines work
26:05​ - How colloid engines work
35:03​ - Material science
37:52​ - Nuclear powered rocket engines
42:51​ - Electric propulsion out in space
46:18​ - Satellites
51:12​ - Photo of Earth from the Moon
52:50​ - Humans on Mars
55:12​ - Propulsion without fuel
1:03:07​ - How to build a rocket company
1:10:05​ - SpaceX and commercial spaceflight
1:14:38​ - Advice to startup founders
1:21:13​ - Book recommendations
1:29:31​ - Meaning of life
 

Space Loves AI - How AI promises to transform space operations

May 16, 2024

For satellite operators, AI's potential benefits are impossible to ignore. As Earth observation and communications constellations expand, AI tools promise to streamline operations, reduce on-orbit collisions and speed up analysis of remote sensing data.

Time Markers -
0:00 - Topic Introduction
1:00- Redwire Space Sponsor Video
2:35 - Panelist Introductions
7:05 - First Question - The Opportunity AI and Machine Learning Offer
21:15 - Second Question - The Challenges
34:42 - AI Safety
36:00 - Question Three - AI and Satellite Swarms
41:18 - Questions from the Audience
58:45 - Final Thoughts
 
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