Name: Space Greed
Uploaded: 2023-11-09T03:38:22.000Z
Description: Examining what space exploration looks like when it's motivated by humanity's blind ambition, lust for power, and unchecked greed.

Examining what space exploration looks like when it's motivated by humanity's blind ambition, lust for power, and unchecked greed.

Hatch Farm - Curiosity Stream

Will outer space become a place where billionaires and mega-corporations operate above the reach of the law?

Declaring Martian Law

Energy might be the most crucial need of all. What if one day a corporation was able to control the sun

Sol Ownership: Can a Corporation Own The Sun?

We've managed to get a handle on building structures to help us live on other celestial bodies, why stop there?

Terraforming: Can We Build a Planet B?

Will Earth be able to survive hundreds, or even thousands, of fuel-burning rocket launches every year.

Carbon Costs: Is Space Exploration Even Worth It?

How long until some giant corporation turns moon dust into a cosmic-sized payday?

Looting the Moon For Trillions of Dollars

Are the astronomical profits from mining asteroids all hype?

Asteroid Mining: Is The Next Gold Rush in Space?

What if WE are actually the invasive alien species?

Endangered Aliens: Will Humans Trash Space?

The next time another space rock jeopardizes Earth, will private space companies t be enough to save the day?

Space Cowboys: Who Will Wrangle Asteroids and Save The Earth?

In this episode, we explore all the ways in which wars in space might be fought.

Arming Space Force

Who decides the law in space? And how will it be enforced?

Above the Law

Some billionaires suggested that moving pollution-heavy industries could protect our fragile planet.

Toxic Space Factories

Cowboy billionaires invest in space exploration but it's hard to ignore how much money they stand to make.

Suing Our Way to Space

Survival on this planet depends on satellites keeping us connected and keeping an eye on the Earth from orbit.

Will Satellites Help Us Save or Exploit Earth?

Between advanced satellites and tons of resources the future of space exploration looks to be highly profitable.

Space Pirates

The unique properties of space make it ideal for some world-changing and unique scientific experiments.

Mad Scientists in Outer Space

Space as a Tax Haven

When traveling at speeds close to the speed of light, our perception of time's passing gets pretty mind-bending.

Going So Fast Time Slows Down

Scientists develop super-efficient living quarters for astronauts.

Space & Shelter

Resources are tight in space. Everything that goes up there has mass and therefore a cost.

World Wide Wifi

How will "world wide wifi" change the world again?

Space Greed

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