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Weekly discussions about the history and potential future of space exploration and commercialization, with a focus on legal and ethical issues.

#59: #DearMoon / BFR 2018

Last week, SpaceX announced that they have booked a passenger for a trip around the moon, in the new and improved design of the BFR. The passenger is ...
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#58: White-Collar Crime

You often hear about white collar crime in the media, but what does it actually mean? Alan explains what types of crimes are considered ‘white collar’...
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#57: Moon News: #SaveOppy

This week we’ve got stories about Swarm Technologies’s SpaceBees, plugging a hole in the ISS with your thumb, and NASA’s deadline for opportunity to w...
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#56: Africa in Space

This week we’re shifting our focus away from Russia and The United States and instead talking about the growing space programs across the African cont...
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#54: The Twinkie Defense

What makes a killing a murder? Alan walks us through mens rea - Latin for “a guilty mind”, a legal term of art referring to a defendant’s intent to co...
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#52: Moon News: August 2018

Our stories this week: The Space Frontier Act, The James Webb Space Telescope experiences further delays, NASA announces Commercial Crew Astronauts, W...
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#51: Strategic Defense Initiative

The Strategic Defense Initiative, often called “Star Wars” in the media, was a proposed space-based anti missile system. Although it was never built, ...
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