StarTalk Live! from Future Con: Engineering the Future (Part 2)

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StarTalk Live! from Future Con: Engineering the Future (Part 2)

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Join us as we continue our journey into the future with former astronaut and ISS Commander Chris Hadfield, co-host Scott Adsit, biorobotics engineer Katherine Pratt, mechanical engineer Suveen Mathaudu, Maeve Higgins, and, via holographic projection, Stephen Hawking.
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