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Episode 50 --- How Humans Can Use Bioengineering To Move Off-World
Episode 50 --- How Humans Can Use Bioengineering To Move Off-World
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Length:
50 minutes
Released:
May 14, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
Geneticist Christopher Mason chats about his new book, “The Next 500 Years: Engineering Life to Reach New Worlds” from MIT Press. We discuss both the nuts and bolts and the philosophy driving our expansion offworld. Mason’s goal is to preserve our species by expanding to an Earth 2.0 in order to avoid our star’s own Red Giant endgame.
Released:
May 14, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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