Dr. Kelly Weinersmith, adjunct faculty member at the University of California Davis and a best-selling author, whose latest book is “A City on Mars: Can we settle space, and have we really thought this through?” Topic: Is it possible to colonize Mars? Should we try? Book: https://www.amazon.com/City-Mars-settle-thought

Kelly and talk about the book that Kelly and her Husband, Zach, wrote titled, A city on Mars, can we settle space, should we settle space and have we really thought this through? They discuss space infrastructure, wars, open borders, oxygen as a utility, hyperconfident Ned Flanders, astronauts are liars, living on aste

Visiting Mars one day is the ultimate trip from some tourists, but is that a good idea? Kelly Weinersmith, adjunct faculty member in the BioSciences department at Rice University, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the impracticalities of space colonization and the conflicts it could create back on Earth. Her book, co-wri

There is an undeniable romance in the idea of traveling to, and even living in, outer space. In recent years, a pragmatic justification has become increasingly popular: the Earth is vulnerable to threats both natural and human-made, and it seems only prudent to spread life to other locations in case a disaster befalls

We talk to parasitologist and co-author of Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That’ll Improve and/or Ruin Everything, Kelly Weinersmith. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/inquiringminds

Space Elevators, Asteroid Mining, Buckets of programmable matter, à la carte physical features and printable houses. We are joined by authors of 'Soonish', Dr Kelly and Zach Weinersmith. Dr Kelly Weinersmith works in the BioSciences department at Rice University, and is the co-host of; Science . . . Sort Of, a top-rate