Ariel Ekblaw is the director of the MIT Space Exploration Initiative. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
0:00 – Introduction
0:56 – Space exploration
10:02 – Swarm robotics and self-assembling space habitats
27:44 – Microgravity
32:01 – Deep duration space missions
37:11 – Extraterrestrial life
43:33 – Music and sports in space
50:12 – Colonizing space
57:33 – War in space
1:02:06 – Robots in space
1:16:48 – Commercial space exploration
1:20:25 – Future of space exploration
1:28:11 – Beauty of the universe
1:33:07 – Space cities
1:38:49 – Advice for young people
1:42:09 – Consciousness
1:43:54 – Meaning of life
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