Lex Fridman | Ariel Ekblaw: Space Colonization and Self-Assembling Space Megastructures | Lex Fridman Podcast #271 @lexfridman | Uploaded March 2022 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
Ariel Ekblaw is the director of the MIT Space Exploration Initiative. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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EPISODE LINKS:
Ariel's Twitter: twitter.com/ariel_ekblaw
MIT Space Exploration Initiative: https://media.mit.edu/groups/space-exploration
Books and resources mentioned:
Into the Anthropocosmos (book): amzn.to/3CUIchM
Seveneves (book): amzn.to/36ipd4O
Endurance (book): amzn.to/3CYdKDJ

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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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