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#HotelMars: Robot-built habitats for the high latitudes and South Pole of the Moon. Haym Benaroya, Rutgers University. David Livingston, SpaceShow.com

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

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4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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0:00.0

This is CBS, I Am the World.

0:08.2

Hotel Mars, episode in with David Livingston, Dr. Space himself, I'm John Bachelors, and

0:12.9

we're very pleased to be joined by Professor Hyme Metaroya of Rutgers University.

0:17.9

My guide on habitats on other planetary bodies.

0:22.1

We're going to start with the moon because of the great success of the India Space program

0:27.3

to land on the moon, high latitudes, and over these next weeks there'll be more.

0:33.3

There's a small rover on board, much more to learn, but the successful soft landing is

0:38.3

a reason to celebrate and to turn to Professor Ben Aroya, who's the author of several books

0:43.5

I've spoken with the Professor over the years about his visionary books, such as Turning

0:49.2

Dust to Gold, Building a Future on the Moon and Mars, Lunar Settlements, that's an engineering

0:54.9

series, Building Habitats on the Moon.

0:57.6

All of this speaks to what is to be done once we get there, while we're starting to get

1:01.8

there.

1:02.8

Professor Hyme, a very good evening to you, high latitudes, and the reporting around the

1:08.7

world mentions the South Pole.

1:11.2

What is desirable?

1:12.2

This is a new space race.

1:14.1

The Artemis Accords rules out elbowing other people aside.

1:17.3

You've got to work collectively.

1:19.8

No sovereign territory here, just competing business interests.

1:24.3

What is it that attracts him to the South Pole?

1:26.5

Good evening to you.

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