Multiplanetary Society

In this episode we speak with Space Nuclear Power Corporation Chief Technology Officer Dr. David Poston. We discuss Space Nukes vision for nuclear power in space, why we aren't making progress faster, and what he thinks future systems will look like. We also talk about the importance of becoming a multiplanetary society.

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In this episode we speak with Lockheed Martin's Deep Space Exploration Strategy and Business Development Lead Lisa May. We discuss what it takes to build a business focused on deep space, what LM can learn from the "new space" companies and what they can learn from LM, and finally what Lisa thinks we will be doing in deep space in the next 20 years.

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In this episode we interview DARPA Program Manager Dr Michael "Orbit" Nayak. We discuss DARPA's LunA-10 project, which is a look at what infrastructure is needed over the next 10 years to create a strong cis-lunar economy. We also talk about "making the impossible possible" as well as DARPA's historic role in the space sector.

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Today’s episode is the beginning of an oral history project about the previous generation of asteroid mining companies in the 2010s, specifically Deep Space Industries and Planetary Resources. If anybody listening to this worked at DSI or Planetary Resources, I’d love to talk with you on or off the record for this project.

Today we are talking with Craig Foulds, the first full time employee at Deep Space Industries who was with them from 2013 -2017. He has since gone on to work at other great space companies including Bradford Space and Ultra Safe Nuclear.

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In this episode we speak with Dr Christopher Mason, Professor of Physiology and Biophysics at Weill Cornell Medicine and author of The Next 500 Years: Engineering Life to Reach New Worlds. In this episode we dive head on into why Dr Mason believes we have an obligation to become multiplanetary, how it would be immoral not to genetically engineer humans, and a 10 stage plan for accomplishing this. Don't forget to subscribe and leave a review to help others find the podcast. If you have feedback or ideas for future guests, please email us at multiplanetarysociety@gmail.com.

In this episode we speak with Dr Philip R. Christensen, a geophysicist who is Regents Professor and the Ed and Helen Korrick Professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University. We discuss how to accelerate the pace of progress, whether there is life off earth in our solar system, and how he thinks about technological progress.

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In this episode we speak with Zeno Power's Director of Space & Planetary Regulation Alex Gilbert. We discuss how nuclear power and propulsion enables new types of missions, what policies are needed to enable this technology, and key takeaways from the Nuclear Emerging Technology for Space conference. Don't forget to subscribe and leave a review to help others find the podcast. If you have feedback or ideas for future guests, please email us at multiplanetarysociety@gmail.com.

In this episode we speak with the Limitless Space Institute's Director of Advanced R&D Dr White. We discuss why interstellar travel is worth pursuing, technology pathways for achieving that dream, and the basic human desire for exploration. Don't forget to subscribe and leave a review to help others find the podcast. If you have feedback or ideas for future guests, please email us at multiplanetarysociety@gmail.com.

In this episode we speak with Atomos Space CEO Vanessa Clark and COO William Kowalski. We discuss how Atomos plans to change the economics of moving between orbits, what it takes for space startups to compete with big aerospace, and why we should become a multiplanetary society. Don't forget to subscribe and leave a review to help others find the podcast. If you have feedback or ideas for future guests, please email us at multiplanetarysociety@gmail.com.

In this episode we speak with Director of the Space Economy Evolution Lab and Former Director for the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs Simonetta Di Pippo. In a wide ranging conversation we discuss what the war in Ukraine taught her about international cooperation in space, what space sovereignty means for emerging economies and Europe, and why she believes we should become a multiplanetary society. If you have feedback or ideas for future guests, please email us at multiplanetarysociety@gmail.com.

In this episode we speak with National Space Society President, For all Moonkind Co-founder, and Co-Director of the Center for Air and Space Law at the University of Mississippi School of Law Michelle Hanlon. We discuss how to create social movement for space settlement, how do we preserve natural and human heritage in space, and how having communities in space might change how relate to each other back on earth. If you have feedback or ideas for future guests, please email us at multiplanetarysociety@gmail.com.

In this episode we speak with AstroForge CEO Matt Gialich. We discuss how he plans to bring platinum from asteroids back to earth, the future of the space economy, and what it takes to build a successful company in this sector. If you have feedback or ideas for future guests, please email us at multiplanetarysociety@gmail.com.

In this episode we speak with Planetary Society Chief Advocate and Senior Space Policy Adviser Casey Dreier. We discuss what it means to build a social movement around science policy, whether reason is enough to mobilize people or whether we need to rely on emotion, and how a rocket launch changed his life. If you have feedback or ideas for future guests, please email us at multiplanetarysociety@gmail.com.

In this episode we interview Kayhan Space CEO Siamak Hesar. We speak about the challenges of space traffic management, the future of the space economy, and whether humanity should become a multiplanetary species. If you have feedback or ideas for future guests, please email us at multiplanetarysociety@gmail.com .

In this episode the Multiplanetary Society speaks with Britt Duffy Adkins, founder of the space media company Celestial Citizen and host of the Celestial Citizen podcast. We speak about the important of taking a values based approach to designing our future in space, what she has learned so far from interviewing over 30 space experts, and the challenges of founding a space focused media company. If you have feedback or ideas for future guests, please email us at multiplanetarysociety@gmail.com . The Celestial Citizen Podcast can be found at https://www.celestialcitizen.com/podcast .

In this inaugural episode the Multiplanetary Society speaks with Alex Gilbert about his article on resource extraction in space published in the Milken Institute Review. The article can be found at https://www.milkenreview.org/articles/mining-in-space-is-coming . If you have feedback or ideas for future guests please email us at multiplanetarysociety@gmail.com .