The new in-space economy
Make Me Smart
Marketplace
4.6 • 5.4K Ratings
🗓️ 18 April 2023
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Today, we’re talking about two topics near and dear to our hearts: space and economics. Over the last several years, NASA’s Artemis program and the commercialization of space have given rise to a large and growing space economy estimated at $400 billion. We’ll talk with Namrata Goswami, co-author of “Scramble for the Skies: The Great Power Competition to Control the Resources of Outer Space,” about the state and evolution of the space economy. In the News Fix: Are we seeing signs of a slowing economy? And bye-bye barcodes. Then, this week’s answer to the Make Me Smart question sent Kimberly down a rabbit hole.
Note: Fox News reached a settlement in the defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems after this show was recorded.
Here’s everything we talked about today:
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- “Among the goals of Artemis I: launching the lunar economy” from Marketplace
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- “The Commercial Space Age Is Here” from Harvard Business Review
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- “Fox News, Dominion reach settlement” from The Washington Post
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- “Fox News and Dominion reach a settlement” from NBC News
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- “More US consumers are falling behind on payments” from Reuters
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| 0:00.0 | Did you know choosing the train over your car can cut your carbon footprint by up to two thirds? |
| 0:06.0 | So, one family outing at a time, one little adventurer at a time, one trip to the museum, one dinner in the city, one nap on the way home at a time. |
| 0:18.0 | One train journey at a time can help create a greener future. |
| 0:24.0 | So when will you take your next trip? Find out more at nationalrail.co.uk slash greener. |
| 0:30.0 | I would dream first home, probably a doer upper, put a run stamp on it. |
| 0:34.0 | Sounds like a nightmare, which is why I keep saying we should look at new builds. |
| 0:37.0 | But they're all so watertight, asshole free. |
| 0:39.0 | Borin, just white boxes. |
| 0:41.0 | Well, we can decorate an old liquor pintate in there. |
| 0:43.0 | Like a nice shade of grey. We are not having grey walls. |
| 0:47.0 | Why not? |
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| 1:00.0 | I don't know, Jair, we're ready. |
| 1:02.0 | We're ready. |
| 1:03.0 | We're ready. |
| 1:04.0 | We didn't even get to say hello. |
| 1:06.0 | Hi. |
| 1:07.0 | Okay. |
| 1:08.0 | Hello, I'm Kimberly Adams. |
| 1:10.0 | Welcome to Make Me Smart, where none of us is as smart as all of us. |
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