Cosmic Queries – Building Space Civilizations with Ariel Ekblaw

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🗓️ 18 April 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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When will we create a livable habitat in space? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Matt Kirshen explore the possibilities of tessellated space structures, artificial gravity, and other challenges with Founder of MIT Space Exploration Initiative, Ariel Ekblaw.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Star Talk.
0:05.0	You're a place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:10.0	Star Talk begins right now.
0:15.0	This is Star Talk, Cosmic Query's edition.
0:19.0	Neil deGrasse Tyson here, your personal astrophysicist.
0:23.0	I got with me co-host Matt Kirsch and Matt. Welcome back.
0:26.0	Thank you so much. How's it going?
0:28.0	All right, dude. You're host probably science.
0:31.0	And you're based out in LA, right?
0:33.0	I am, and I'm briefly back there.
0:35.0	I think every time I've recorded with you recently,
0:37.0	I've been in a different hotel room, but I...
0:39.0	I don't need to know your private life. Why you give me that much information?
0:42.0	Did I ask?
0:44.0	Just the highest bidder will take wherever you need me to go, Gussie.
0:49.0	Excellent. So, Matt, this is a Cosmic Query's edition on everybody's favorite subject.
0:56.0	Space civilizations. Oh my gosh.
1:00.0	I love thinking about it, but I claim no particular expertise in it.
1:04.0	So, we combed the landscape, and we found somebody who is all up in it.
1:11.0	All up in space civilizations, and someone that goes by the name of Ariel Eggblow.
1:19.0	Ariel, welcome to Star Talk.
1:21.0	Thank you so much for having me. It is such a treat to be here.
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