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Space Exploration & Missions
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Mar 26, 2021
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StarTalk Podcast: The Right Stuff with Astronaut Scott Kelly and Dr. Chris Mason
StarTalk·Mar 26, 2021
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Engineering physical shielding is a more effective solution for radiation protection than biological modification.
“the urge to try to find a biological solution to this I think will end up futile relative to what engineers can design and so it doesn't take much thickness of water for example to completely shield you from most of what's damaging from the sun”
StarTalk · Mar 2021 · 2 episodes · 733K views on this topicCM
Humanity has a moral duty to preserve life and prevent extinction, which necessitates future space travel and colonization.
“there is one duty that we have as humans that as soon as you understand it is actually something you can control and that you can have influence on the universe is just being aware of extinction we're the only species that we know of that is aware of extinction so then we have a duty to prevent it”
StarTalk · Mar 2021 · 1 episode · 171K views on this topicExtracted by a model; may misattribute who said what.
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