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Ep. 36: Getting a Second Chance: Space Ethics, Mining, and Colonization – with guest Dr. Tony Milligan
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English - November 21, 2017 22:13 - 36 minutes - 48.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsNatural Sciences Science Society & Culture Philosophy science politics comedy news entrepreneurship interview business reason health religion Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Living among the stars has long been a dream of humanity. But as we begin to step off this Earth and colonize other planets, many will argue: do we deserve a second chance? With climate change, over-exploitation of natural resources, and man-made ecological problems on this planet, we should stop and wonder – what can […]
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Living among the stars has long been a dream of humanity. But as we begin to step off this Earth and colonize other planets, many will argue: do we deserve a second chance? With climate change, over-exploitation of natural resources, and man-made ecological problems on this planet, we should stop and wonder – what can we do to protect the next planet we step onto? What comprises our new canon of space ethics?
Today, our guest is Dr. Tony Milligan, a teaching fellow in the Theology and Religious Studies Department at Kings College, London. Tony is an expert of space ethics and wrote a book Nobody Owns the Moon – the Ethics of Space Exploitation. He wonders about how we can go about exploring space while preserving its integrity. From mining to colonization, Tony and I discuss how we can preserve the environment in space. How can we successfully, economically, and ethically mine an asteroid? Who owns the rights to mine Helium-3 from the moon? How can we protect any alien life we encounter on other planets? Can (and should) we try to transform the surface of a planet for our own benefit through terraforming?
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