{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Ep. 015 \u2014 We Out Here","description":"Quote: \u201cI think intelligence in the universe is very rare.\u201d \u2014Dr. James Rice, NASA, Mars Exploration Rover Geology Team Leader   About: 2017, let\u2019s start anew! Let\u2019s just pack up, say our goodbyes and march (drive, fly or sail) to greener pastures. But where to? Canada is cold around this time of year, Europe is in limbo, and everywhere else has spotty Wi-Fi (it doesn\u2019t). The globalized world where opportunity was meant to be infinite is really just flawed and finite like everything else. And it\u2019s somewhat daunting to think, this is it. But for some folks, the answer to humanity\u2019s woes is simply a matter of looking up and towards Mars.   For what it\u2019s worth, there\u2019s no Comcast on Mars, so the Wi-Fi can\u2019t be too bad. Show Notes: [00:45] \u201cSmooth Stone\u201d by Blue Dot Sessions [03:25] Canada\u2019s Immigration Website Goes Down After Election Day (NPR) [07:25] Dr. Robert Zubrin (@robert_zubrin) [07:25] The Mars Society [07:50] \u201cTanguedo\u201d by Blue Dot Sessions [08:05] Light reading on Sputnik [08:40] \u201cKatyusha\u201d by Red Army Choir and the backstory to the song [08:45] Audio from Yuri Gagarin\u2019s trip on Vostok I in 1961 [09:35] President John F. Kennedy\u2019s Moon Speech [10:14] The rough cost of the Apollo missions (TheSpaceReview.com) [10:40] More on the Hubble telescope (Space.com) [10:45] More on the International Space Station (Space.com) [10:50] On the retirement of the space shuttle program (Gizmodo) [11:15] Former Congresswoman Donna Edwards (@donnafedwards) [12:25] A map of all the various NASA facilities [12:55] Zubrin\u2019s Mars Direct Plan (WIRED) and NASA\u2019s 90 Day \u201cBattlestar Galactica Plan\u201d [15:00] \u201cLaser Focus\u201d by Blue Dot Sessions [15:15] Silicon Valley\u2019s Space Race (CNET) [16:05] More on Leonard David and his latest book Mars: Our Future on the Red Planet [16:55] A quick backstory on SpaceX (TIME) [16:55] Related: Elon Musk\u2019s Personal Mission Behind Going to Mars (WIRED) [17:25] More on Richard Davis [19:40] \u201cSpinning Meter\u201d by Blue Dot Sessions [20:10] More on McGill University\u2019s Bhumi [21:10] Photos from the Viking I (Space.com) [21:30] Audio from the control room of the Curiosity landing in 2012 [22:00] More on Dr. James Rice (Spaceflightinsider.com) [23:20] \u201cMore Weather\u201d by Blue Dot Sessions [23:30] More on NASA Opportunity\u2019s marathon mission (CNN) [26:00] More on the Fermi Paradox [27:30] \u201cA Calendar Spread\u201d by Blue Dot Sessions [29:05] The average person in the world (National Geographic) [29:10] The average American (fool.com) and their estimated debts (NerdWallet) [29:40] Gallup\u2019s \u201cMost Important Problem\u201d Poll (Gallup) [30:20] Dr. Edward Hudgins (@DrEdwardHudgins) [31:35] \u201cLeadin\u201d by Blue Dot Sessions [31:40] Related reading: genetic engineering and space travel (WIRED) [36:15] Matt Damon on Mars [36:20] Humanity surviving a Mars Attack [36:25] Tom Sachs and his Mars mission (Motherboard) [36:30] The full film to Tom Sachs\u2019 A Space Program here. (special thanks to Zeitgest Films) [39:20] Some more reading on difficulties of going to Mars (Space.com) [39:30] Yari and R. Daniel Golden-Castano [40:00] More on Mars One (The Verge) [40:40] \u201cDomina Transit\u201d by Blue Dot Sessions [41:30] Neil deGrasse Tyson on Mars One [46:10] Dan Carey (@DanCarey_404) [47:20] \u201cClosing Shop\u201d by Blue Dot Sessions   [50:55] \u201cScalloped\u201d by Blue Dot Sessions [58:45] \u201cVelvet Ladder\u201d by Blue Dot Sessions More at thisissomenoise.com ","author_name":"Some Noise","author_url":"http:\/\/www.thisissomenoise.com","html":"