Space

A collection of 14 posts

#S02E14 - Moving to Mars (Part 1)

#S02E14 - Moving to Mars (Part 1)

There's an increasing focus on sending humans to Mars, both from private companies and from government agencies such as NASA. But how do we get to Mars, will we survive the journey, and what will life be like when we get there?

#S02E03 - Cleaning Up Space

#S02E03 - Cleaning Up Space

As humans look to explore commercial space flight and populate other planets there's a growing concern that space junk could pose a very real threat to our future space endeavours. So how do we actually go about cleaning up space?

#S02E01 - Let's Mine an Asteroid!

#S02E01 - Let's Mine an Asteroid!

Years ago, people believed space travel was impossible. But now the next crazy idea is mining space for the resources that will save Earth’s ecosystem, our global economies, and enable our species to keep growing.

#19 - Rocket Lab with Peter Beck

#19 - Rocket Lab with Peter Beck

We meet Peter Beck, the Founder and CEO of Rocket Lab - a company building launch vehicles (i.e rockets) for the small satellite market, and which has built their own rocket launch facility on the east coast of New Zealand.