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#BESTOF2023: 1/2: #HotelMars: Asteroid mining and Off Planet colonies and space stations. Daniel Suarez, David Livingston

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

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4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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#BESTOF2023: 1/2: #HotelMars: Asteroid mining and Off Planet colonies and space stations. Daniel Suarez, David Livingston


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0:40.8

co-host David Livingston, Dr. Space himself of the space show and we're headed into low-Earth orbit.

0:47.0

We're headed into orbit. We're headed into the solar system.

0:50.0

Thanks to a new book, Critical Mass a Delta Five novel by Daniel Suarez, a novelist of science and a fictional telling for now.

1:02.0

There's a deal of science involved in this. We begin in the year

1:05.4

2038. There is an investigation underway about prosperity in the heavens and what is to be done about something that looks

1:15.2

like either a hijacking or a murder. Daniel I hesitate because your book is thrilling and

1:20.4

I give nothing away so take us to the scene.

1:24.0

Ruyugu is an asteroid.

1:26.0

Asteroid mining is proposed by several companies over these last years.

1:31.0

What now in 2038 is the state of asteroid mining? Good evening to you.

1:35.6

Sure good evening and thanks for having me John. It's good to see you again David.

1:39.7

Yes, Critical Mass. My book, this is the second book in the Delta B trilogy, it's a planned trilogy.

1:46.0

Critical mass is set in the late 2030s, and it's where the survivors of the first commercial asteroid

1:52.0

managed mission have returned to Earth and they must use resources

1:56.6

that they've placed in lunar orbit to mount a rescue for colleagues they left behind

2:01.5

at the asteroid Ryugu. However, while they were

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