If NASA Won MEGAMILLION$$$ - with CASEY DREIER From The PLANETARY SOCIETY!
If NASA Won MEGAMILLION$$$ - with CASEY DREIER From The PLANETARY SOCIETY!

"No BUCKS, no Buck Rogers," says Gus Grissom in The Right Stuff. What the if… NASA had TRILLION$$$ more bucks!!!

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Is There GOLD In Them ASTEROIDS?
Is There GOLD In Them ASTEROIDS?

Listener Daniel asks: WTiF we could get rich from drilling for gold… in space?

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audience, ecology, economics, engineering, environment, geology, robots, technology, world dominationPhilip Shaneasteroids, mining, commerce, alastair reynolds, Ceres, cience fiction, industry, engineering, elon musk, earth, exploration, future, geology, government, hard sf, kim stanley robinson, robots, audience, Vespa, the expanse, science fiction, super iffers
Inter-Galactic MAILBAG!
Inter-Galactic MAILBAG!

Our fans, aka our Super IFFers discuss our most mind-blowing shows and share their own mind-bending IF's!

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