The Dangerous Religion of the Corporate Space Race
Mary-Jane Rubenstein
Notes
Paris Marx is joined by Mary-Jane Rubenstein to discuss how ideas that underpinned colonization and Manifest Destiny are now setting the foundation for the billionaire space race and the plan to colonize the cosmos.
Guest
Mary-Jane Rubenstein is the author of Astrotopia: The Dangerous Religion of the Corporate Space Race. She’s also a Professor of Religion and Science in Society at Wesleyan University.
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Links
- An excerpt of Mary-Jane’s book was published in Metapolis.
- Paris wrote about the business behind the billionaire space race and the problem with Starlink.
- Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin recently got a contract to build a moon lander for NASA.
- One of Barack Obama’s legacies is pushing for the privatization of space flight.
- The US Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act of 2015 and Artemis Accords are attempts to unilaterally rewrite space law for US commercial interest.
- Catherine L. Newell wrote Destined for the Stars: Faith, the Future, and America's Final Frontier.