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Jan 2024
1h 35m

Moon Base Economics

ANDREW HEATON
About this episode

Zach Weinersmith is the author of "A City on Mars: Can we settle space, should we settle space, and have we really thought this through?"

 

He joins to discuss the legal and economic feasibility of building settlements on Mars or the Moon

 

SUPPORT THE SHOW! www.patreon.com.andrewheaton

 

Robert Zubrin: Want to Build a Moon Base

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-98-i-want-to-build-a-moon-base-guest-robert-zubrin/id1439837349?i=1000434628317

 

Robert Zubrin on Mars

https://alienating.libsyn.com/turns-out-were-all-probably-martians

 

How to Make Money on Mars

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/alienating-the-audience/id1488171922?i=1000470956981

 

Lori Garber: Space Billionaires vs Space Bureucrats 

https://politicalorphanage.libsyn.com/space-bureaucrats-vs-space-billionaires

 

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