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The Future of Space Stations with Ariel Ekblaw

5/29/20261 hr 3 min

Can we put the data centers in space? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly map out the future of human habitation, research, and industry in low Earth orbit with Ariel Ekblaw, founder and CEO of the Aurelia Institute.

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Clips

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Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Neil deGrasse Tyson· Host0:00

    Gary.

  2. Gary O'Reilly· Host0:00

    Yes.

  3. Neil deGrasse Tyson· Host0:00

    We just learned that the future in space does not include the ISS. It's going down.

  4. Gary O'Reilly· Host0:06

    Space drama.

  5. Chuck Nice· Host0:07

    Yeah. Hopefully they take the astronauts out first, though.

  6. Neil deGrasse Tyson· Host0:10

    Okay. We'll send Chuck's note along. [laughs] [laughs] Coming up, what our future in space will probably look like, 'cause we got the expert on Star Talk.

  7. Speaker 40:19

    Star Talk.

  8. Neil deGrasse Tyson· Host0:19

    Welcome to Star Talk, your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide. Star Talk begins right now. This is Star Talk, special edition, which means I got Gary O'Reilly right next to me. Gary.

  9. Gary O'Reilly· Host0:40

    Hey, Neil.

  10. Neil deGrasse Tyson· Host0:41

    And Chuck Nice.

  11. Chuck Nice· Host0:41

    What's up, Neil?

  12. Neil deGrasse Tyson· Host0:42

    All right. So Gary, I don't know how you came up with this subject. You and Lane over in LA.

  13. Gary O'Reilly· Host0:47

    All right. Yeah, we had a little help from, uh, Lindsay Walker.

  14. Neil deGrasse Tyson· Host0:50

    And Lindsay Walker.

  15. Gary O'Reilly· Host0:51

    Yeah, so, uh- My co-author, Lindsay Walker. Yes.

  16. Neil deGrasse Tyson· Host0:53

    Yeah.

  17. Gary O'Reilly· Host0:53

    And credit to both Lindsay and Lane. Um, all right, let's get into this.

  18. Neil deGrasse Tyson· Host0:56

    Yes.

  19. Gary O'Reilly· Host0:57

    Consider this, the ISS is to be decommissioned- International Space Station, for those- That's right. Right ...

  20. Neil deGrasse Tyson· Host1:03

    who have never listened to this show ever.

  21. Chuck Nice· Host1:04

    At all.

  22. Gary O'Reilly· Host1:05

    [laughs] And that's- Right ... that's due 2030, 2031. So now you start to extend your thought process. So what will replace it? What will Earth's orbital space look like? What new technologies are going to emerge? Will Earth's orbit become an annex for our off-worlding our industries?

  23. Neil deGrasse Tyson· Host1:26

    I love that phrase, off-worlding.

  24. Chuck Nice· Host1:28

    Mm-hmm.

  25. Gary O'Reilly· Host1:28

    Isn't that- That just, that

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