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#271 – Ariel Ekblaw: Space Colonization and Self-Assembling Space Megastructures
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Ariel Ekblaw is the director of the MIT Space Exploration Initiative. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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() – Introduction
() – Space exploration
() – Swarm robotics and self-assembling space habitats
() – Microgravity
() – Deep duration space missions
() – Extraterrestrial life
() – Music and sports in space
() – Colonizing space
() – War in space
() – Robots in space
() – Commercial space exploration
() – Future of space exploration
() – Beauty of the universe
() – Space cities
() – Advice for young people
() – Consciousness
() – Meaning of life
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