Episode Synopsis "Episode 12 (A Conversation with NASA astronaut and American astronomer Dr. Stan Love)"

In this episode, NASA astronaut and American astronomer Dr. Stan Love discusses the Overview Effect, the Space Shuttle Columbia tragedy, using research from deep sea submersibles to explore the surface of asteroids, his explorations in Antarctica to gather meteorites, the future of artificial intelligence and robots in space, the upcoming Artemis program to put humans back on the moon, the benefits of martial arts for astronaut training, his favorite Science Fiction books and movies, what would happen if we made contact with alien intelligence, and what he'd want to say to humans one thousand years from now.

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