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The Bunker – News without the nonsense

Rocket Fuelled: Why space has answers to Earth’s problems

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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Politics, Government, Society & Culture, News

4.61K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

The planet is burning. So does it make sense to pour billions (and tons of carbon) into space exploration? Or could it help solve Earthly problems – including climate change? On the eve of the first moonshot in 50 years, Tereza Pultarova of Space.com joins Andrew Harrison to weigh up the pros and cons of extraterrestrial research, from the space industry’s carbon debt to moon treaties, space junk and the coming turf war on the Moon. “Space rockets often create mini-punctures in the ozone layer. It’s a big worry.”  “We are flying plants into space and hoping they will mutate and become drought resistant.”  “Incredible amounts of energy goes into avoiding the rubbish that now litters earth’s orbit.”  “China is flexing its space muscles, and the West can’t afford to fall behind.” Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and presented by Andrew Harrison. Lead Producer: Jacob Jarvis. Producers: Jacob Archbold and Jelena Sofronijevic. Assistant producer: Kasia Tomasiewicz. Audio production by Jade Bailey. Music: Kenny Dickinson. Group editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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photography but I turn it into earning a living at 60. I enrolled on a day course.

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Well college. I loved going to college. It's good you can retry. I'm enrolled on the day course. But college?

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I loved going to college.

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It's good you can retrain and do something.

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Yeah, yeah.

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1:18.0

If like me you keep an eye on the science and technology columns you'll have on Tentsahooks for the launch of the first new

1:24.7

Moon Shop program in over 50 years. The uncrued Artemis 1 rocket was supposed to test a new space launch

1:31.6

system before the end of August. But first the regular weather and then

1:35.2

Hurricane Ian got in the way. It's now supposed to go up towards the end of November. Artemis 1

1:40.3

will herald a new era of space exploration where the crude Artemis 2 rockets will put the first woman and the first person of colour on the moon.

1:48.0

This raises questions of why we commit billions of investments on space exploration and tourism, plus all that carbon,

1:54.8

when we could be concentrating on the climate crisis on Earth. But instead of cutting back on space

1:59.3

research during a world economic crisis and the climate disaster, should we in fact double down on it.

2:04.4

Can research in space solve problems here on Earth?

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