CONTINUED. • Guest Name: Dallas Beinhof and David Livingston • Affiliation: Dallas BeInhof: Space Systems Architect for Offworld.ai; David Livingston: Dr. Space of The Space Show • Summary: HOTEL MARS. The discussion defines cis-lunar space as the volum
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🗓️ 5 September 2025
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• Affiliation: Dallas BeInhof: Space Systems Architect for Offworld.ai; David Livingston: Dr. Space of The Space Show
• Summary: HOTEL MARS. The discussion defines cis-lunar space as the volume around the Moon, highlighting planned missions and the Artemis program as a key driver. It explores the utility of Lagrange points for stable orbital stations and the need for extensive infrastructure, including transportation nodes and propellant depots, to support a permanent human presence on the Moon and Mars. Future plans also include resource utilization and space tourism.
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| 0:00.0 | Building a coffee business? |
| 0:01.9 | Serving the best Americano in town is up to you. |
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| 0:17.9 | Visit sumup.co.uk to learn more. |
| 0:23.8 | I'm John Batchel, Hotel Mars, episode end. |
| 0:26.4 | David Livingston, my colleague and co-pilot here, |
| 0:29.5 | and we're developing land. |
| 0:30.9 | It's just like SimCity, except for its cis-luner space. |
| 0:35.6 | And with us is Dallas Beanhoff, |
| 0:37.7 | a space systems architect for offworld.AI. |
| 0:41.5 | Dallas, we give you an unlimited budget. |
| 0:43.7 | Don't worry about the numbers. |
| 0:45.2 | We'll take care of it. |
| 0:46.2 | What do you want to build out there? |
| 0:49.6 | I want to enable the permanent, |
| 0:53.1 | continuous presence of humans on the moon and on Mars. |
| 0:57.0 | That will take multiple infrastructure systems on the moon, habitats, roads, power sources, |
| 1:07.6 | in-situ resource utilization, that is taking the regolith from the moon and taking the oxygen out of it, |
| 1:14.6 | converting it into elements like steel, aluminum, sulfur, silicon to create building materials, |
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