{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5ee9ec25230d2813c150ac38/61784d4ec5b664001abde584?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"E15 - Making Sense of the Space Economy: Myths, Sideshows and Promise","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5ee9ec25230d2813c150ac38/1619627105447-a66bdf2978831e7d89944779e4ac53d5.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Are we at the start of a new and glorious age of space tourism led by private investment?&nbsp;Is this the first step to a potentially massive space-based economy to support humans in earth’s orbit with colonies on the Moon and Mars? Will all of this be built and financed through private, mega-companies?&nbsp;</p><p>My guest for this episode is Dr Andrew Aldrin (TRIUM Class of 2005).&nbsp;Andy is currently the Director of the Aldrin Family Foundation and has literally an entire lifetime’s experience working at the interface between private and public involvement in the creation of a space economy.&nbsp;In our conversation here, Andy helps to demystify and debunk many of the more grandiose claims and hype created by various billionaires’ recent vanity projects.&nbsp;The picture of the future of space-based activity which Andy sketches is both more interesting and more realistic.&nbsp;Enjoy the show!</p><p><br></p><p>Citations</p><ul><li>Aldrin Family Foundation at <a href=\"https://aldrinfoundation.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Home - Aldrin Family Foundation (aldrinfoundation.org)</a></li><li>Aldrin Space Institute <a href=\"https://www.fit.edu/aldrin/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Aldrin Space Institute &gt; Aldrin Space Institute | Florida Tech (fit.edu)</a></li><li>Adams, Douglas, <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy</em></a>. Pan, Main Market edition, 2020.&nbsp;First published in 1979.</li><li>Sarang, Mehak &amp; Weinzierl, Matt, <a href=\"https://hbr.org/2021/02/the-commercial-space-age-is-here\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Commercial Space Age is Here</em></a>. Harvard Business Review, 2021.</li></ul>","author_name":"TRIUM Global EMBA"}