Episode #283
Chris Mason: Space Travel, Colonization, and Long-Term Survival in Space
Chris Mason is a professor of genomics, physiology, and biophysics at Cornell, doing research on the long-term effects of space on the human body. He is the author of The Next 500 Years: Engineering Life to Reach New Worlds.
What this episode covers
Chris Mason is a professor of genomics, physiology, and biophysics at Cornell, doing research on the long-term effects of space on the human body. He is the author of The Next 500 Years: Engineering Life to Reach New Worlds.
Where to start
Launch toward the Second Sun
Chris Mason and Lex Fridman discuss launch toward the second sun.
Start at 2:00:05
Designing space experiments
Chris Mason and Lex Fridman discuss designing space experiments.
Start at 1:42:59
Visiting ISS and deep space
Chris Mason and Lex Fridman discuss visiting iss and deep space.
Start at 2:56:37
People and topics
Key takeaways
- Introduction
- Human extinction awareness
- Heat death of the universe
- Alone in the universe