The Future of Space Stations with Ariel Ekblaw

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🗓️ 29 May 2026

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Can we put the data centers in space? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly map out the future of human habitation, research, and industry in low Earth orbit with Ariel Ekblaw, founder and CEO of the Aurelia Institute.

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0:00.0	Gary, we just learned that the future in space does not include the ISS.
0:05.0	It's going down.
0:06.0	Space drama.
0:07.0	Yeah, hopefully they take the astronauts out first though.
0:10.0	Okay, we'll send Chuck's note along.
0:12.0	Coming up, what our future in space will probably look like, because we got the expert on StarTalk.
0:20.0	Welcome to StarTalk.
0:23.6	Welcome to StarTalk.
0:28.7	Your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:32.5	StarTalk begins right now.
0:55.2	This is StarTalk Special Edition, which means I got Gary O'Reilly right next to me, Gary. Hey, Neil. And Chuck Nice. What's up, Neil? All right. So, Gary, I don't know how you came up with this subject. You and Lane over in L.A. All right, yeah, we had a little help from Lindsay Walker. And Lindsay Walker. Yeah, so. My co- Lindsay Walker. Yes, and credit to both Lindsay and Lane.
0:56.9	All right, let's get into this.
0:57.9	Consider this.
1:00.9	The ISS is to be decommissioned.
1:04.9	International Space Station for those who have never listened to this show ever. That's true, 2030, 21.
1:09.4	So now you start to extend your thought process.
1:12.3	So what will replace it?
1:14.4	What will Earth's orbital space look like?
1:18.1	What new technologies are going to emerge?
1:21.5	Will Earth's orbit become an annex for our off-wolding our industries?
1:26.5	I love that phrase off-worlding.
1:28.3	That's just sounds so...
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