Q&A 119: Why Should Artemis Bother When We've Got Starship? And More... Featuring Dr. Pamela Gay
In this week's questions show, I explain why we should be excited for both Starship and Artemis. Do we have a cognitive bias when thinking about advanced civilizations? Should humans or robots explore space? And more...
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Around 6 and a half minutes into this, with Fraser talking about more power, my brain flashed upon Tim Allen "more power, oh, oh, oh" and I've always added bigger speakers! And he was saying more power for computers and then I channeled my inner Douglas Adams and the answer "42". You have me on a roll Fraser. Now, as to sending peo[ple into space: why? Because it is there! That is in our DNA. We need to do it ourselves. Risky, hell yes. But everything unknown is risky. I like the idea of a reverse rail gun. That is thinking outside the box. And finally, I for one would be very happy if no star goes supernova any closer than a 1,000 light years. To much radiation.
Why both Starship and Artemis? Old saying: "Two is one and one is none."