#Bestof2023: 2/2: #HotelMars: The ethics of space travel and off-world settlements. Erika Nesvold, author, Off-Earth: Ethical Questions and Quandaries for Living in Outer Space. David Livingston, Spaceshow.com
The John Batchelor Show
John Batchelor
4.5 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 11 November 2023
⏱️ 10 minutes
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| 1:00.3 | This is Hotel Mars. I'm John Bachelor with David Livingston, Dr. Space of the Space Show. |
| 1:08.0 | And we're speaking with an author of a new book off-Earth ethical questions and quandaries for living in |
| 1:16.2 | outer space. |
| 1:17.2 | Erica Nesvold is the author. |
| 1:19.1 | She is also an astronomer, but she has written a book looking at ethics in colonization. |
| 1:26.3 | There wasn't much when the Americas were colonized. |
| 1:29.2 | In fact, I can't find any in the 500 years of the exploitation of both the people and the environment |
| 1:37.1 | that was here before the Europeans came. However, one of the details I learned |
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