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“I think intelligence in the universe is very rare.”

—Dr. James Rice, NASA, Mars Exploration Rover Geology Team Leader

 

About:

2017, let’s start anew! Let’s just pack up, say our goodbyes and march (drive, fly or sail) to greener pastures.

But where to? Canada is cold around this time of year, Europe is in limbo, and everywhere else has spotty Wi-Fi (it doesn’t). The globalized world where opportunity was meant to be infinite is really just flawed and finite like everything else. And it’s somewhat daunting to think, this is it.

But for some folks, the answer to humanity’s woes is simply a matter of looking up and towards Mars.

 

For what it’s worth, there’s no Comcast on Mars, so the Wi-Fi can’t be too bad.

Show Notes:

  1. [00:45] “Smooth Stone” by Blue Dot Sessions
  2. [03:25] Canada’s Immigration Website Goes Down After Election Day (NPR)
  3. [07:25] Dr. Robert Zubrin (@robert_zubrin)
  4. [07:25] The Mars Society
  5. [07:50] “Tanguedo” by Blue Dot Sessions
  6. [08:05] Light reading on Sputnik
  7. [08:40] “Katyusha” by Red Army Choir and the backstory to the song
  8. [08:45] Audio from Yuri Gagarin’s trip on Vostok I in 1961
  9. [09:35] President John F. Kennedy’s Moon Speech
  10. [10:14] The rough cost of the Apollo missions (TheSpaceReview.com)
  11. [10:40] More on the Hubble telescope (Space.com)
  12. [10:45] More on the International Space Station (Space.com)
  13. [10:50] On the retirement of the space shuttle program (Gizmodo)
  14. [11:15] Former Congresswoman Donna Edwards (@donnafedwards)
  15. [12:25] A map of all the various NASA facilities
  16. [12:55] Zubrin’s Mars Direct Plan (WIRED) and NASA’s 90 Day “Battlestar Galactica Plan”
  17. [15:00] “Laser Focus” by Blue Dot Sessions
  18. [15:15] Silicon Valley’s Space Race (CNET)
  19. [16:05] More on Leonard David and his latest book Mars: Our Future on the Red Planet
  20. [16:55] A quick backstory on SpaceX (TIME)
  21. [16:55] Related: Elon Musk’s Personal Mission Behind Going to Mars (WIRED)
  22. [17:25] More on Richard Davis
  23. [19:40] “Spinning Meter” by Blue Dot Sessions
  24. [20:10] More on McGill University’s Bhumi
  25. [21:10] Photos from the Viking I (Space.com)
  26. [21:30] Audio from the control room of the Curiosity landing in 2012
  27. [22:00] More on Dr. James Rice (Spaceflightinsider.com)
  28. [23:20] “More Weather” by Blue Dot Sessions
  29. [23:30] More on NASA Opportunity’s marathon mission (CNN)
  30. [26:00] More on the Fermi Paradox
  31. [27:30] “A Calendar Spread” by Blue Dot Sessions
  32. [29:05] The average person in the world (National Geographic)
  33. [29:10] The average American (fool.com) and their estimated debts (NerdWallet)
  34. [29:40] Gallup’s “Most Important Problem” Poll (Gallup)
  35. [30:20] Dr. Edward Hudgins (@DrEdwardHudgins)
  36. [31:35] “Leadin” by Blue Dot Sessions
  37. [31:40] Related reading: genetic engineering and space travel (WIRED)
  38. [36:15] Matt Damon on Mars
  39. [36:20] Humanity surviving a Mars Attack
  40. [36:25] Tom Sachs and his Mars mission (Motherboard)
  41. [36:30] The full film to Tom Sachs’ A Space Program here. (special thanks to Zeitgest Films)
  42. [39:20] Some more reading on difficulties of going to Mars (Space.com)
  43. [39:30] Yari and R. Daniel Golden-Castano
  44. [40:00] More on Mars One (The Verge)
  45. [40:40] “Domina Transit” by Blue Dot Sessions
  46. [41:30] Neil deGrasse Tyson on Mars One
  47. [46:10] Dan Carey (@DanCarey_404)
  48. [47:20] “Closing Shop” by Blue Dot Sessions  
  49. [50:55] “Scalloped” by Blue Dot Sessions
  50. [58:45] “Velvet Ladder” by Blue Dot Sessions
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