683. In the New Space Race, Who Makes the Rules?
31 July - 56 minsGovernments started the space age. Now, billionaires and private firms are reinventing it. Guest host Steve Levitt explores what the past can teach us about a high-stakes future. (Part two of a two-part series.)
SOURCES:
Blaise Agüera y Arcas, vice president and fellow at Google, C.T.O. of technology and society.
Rosanna Hoffman, head of space law, policy, and sustainability at the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs.
Alex Macdonald, former first chief economist at NASA, senior associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Will Marshall, co-founder and C.E.O. of Planet Labs.
RESOURCES:
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