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Ariel Ekblaw

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StarTalk Radio
The Future of Space Stations with Ariel Ekblaw

Point Nemo is the most remote place on Earth.

StarTalk Radio
The Future of Space Stations with Ariel Ekblaw

If only.

StarTalk Radio
The Future of Space Stations with Ariel Ekblaw

then we'd know where he was.

StarTalk Radio
The Future of Space Stations with Ariel Ekblaw

That was good.

StarTalk Radio
The Future of Space Stations with Ariel Ekblaw

Point Nemo is the most remote place on Earth.

StarTalk Radio
The Future of Space Stations with Ariel Ekblaw

So if you're in Point Nemo, you're farther away from any other human, any other landmass, except when the International Space Station flies over, then you're only 250 miles away from a human.

StarTalk Radio
The Future of Space Stations with Ariel Ekblaw

So when it goes over Point Nemo, you're closer to space humans than you are to Earth humans.

StarTalk Radio
The Future of Space Stations with Ariel Ekblaw

Yes.

StarTalk Radio
The Future of Space Stations with Ariel Ekblaw

I suspect that there will be part of the ConOps concept of operations is they're going to pluck some of the different modules apart, rather than just trying to have the entire kind of unwieldy structure with all those solar panels, all those radiators.

StarTalk Radio
The Future of Space Stations with Ariel Ekblaw

Let the damn thing burn up.

StarTalk Radio
The Future of Space Stations with Ariel Ekblaw

Yeah.

StarTalk Radio
The Future of Space Stations with Ariel Ekblaw

So this is the crux of NASA's plan that just got reannounced with ignition.

StarTalk Radio
The Future of Space Stations with Ariel Ekblaw

So we have Jared Isaacman, new NASA administrator, exciting times.

StarTalk Radio
The Future of Space Stations with Ariel Ekblaw

They are going to double down on this idea that the new commercial space stations who are going to replace the International Space Station, first they attach to the existing ISS, they build up their modules, and then it's like the phoenix rising from the ashes of the ISS.

StarTalk Radio
The Future of Space Stations with Ariel Ekblaw

The remainder of the ISS that's not going to be โ€“

StarTalk Radio
The Future of Space Stations with Ariel Ekblaw

kind of consumed and built into the future, the remainder of the ISS will be de-orbited.

StarTalk Radio
The Future of Space Stations with Ariel Ekblaw

It's a cool plan.

StarTalk Radio
The Future of Space Stations with Ariel Ekblaw

This is what I'm really passionate about.

StarTalk Radio
The Future of Space Stations with Ariel Ekblaw

How do we start to build things way bigger than the International Space Station, where each module could only be as big as your biggest rocket?

StarTalk Radio
The Future of Space Stations with Ariel Ekblaw

We are talking flat.