Asteroid Trillions, Lunar Pavilions, Grey Goo Civilians

The time has come for the first actual Space-related installment of this transmission!

In the three segments of this episode, I lay the foundations for how to think about Space Development as a whole, starting from the most important questions: Why, What, and How.

00:00:00 The motivations or value systems for going to space, including the:

• extinctionist

• mercantile

• technological

• military

• consciousness maximizing

• spiritual

• scientific

00:34:42 The minimum characteristics required of a space system and their implications:

• autarkic (economically independent)

• relatively safe

• relatively free

• cheap enough

• populated

• decentralized (or not)

• “antifragile”

• industrially capable

01:11:42 The development of Cislunar Space and the architecture that can fulfill most of the criteria above. Non-rocket launch systems, industrial growth, custom vehicles.