Brian Cox

Well, that's one of the arguments. I spoke to Robert Zubrin, who wrote these wonderful books about colonizing space. And so he's a fascinating character. And I spoke to him once, and he made this very simple argument that, as you said, one of the problems we have is competition for resources. And of course, the competition for resources is now so extreme that it's not only wars that

Well, that's one of the arguments. I spoke to Robert Zubrin, who wrote these wonderful books about colonizing space. And so he's a fascinating character. And I spoke to him once, and he made this very simple argument that, as you said, one of the problems we have is competition for resources. And of course, the competition for resources is now so extreme that it's not only wars that

that it creates and always has. But it's also, of course, we damage the planet if we over-exploit the resources and so on, right? So you've got this problem about resources. And he's right. He would say this is the number one motivation for going up because there are, in fact, infinite resources out there. And so once you begin to have access to the asteroids and access to Mars and beyond...

that it creates and always has. But it's also, of course, we damage the planet if we over-exploit the resources and so on, right? So you've got this problem about resources. And he's right. He would say this is the number one motivation for going up because there are, in fact, infinite resources out there. And so once you begin to have access to the asteroids and access to Mars and beyond...

that it creates and always has. But it's also, of course, we damage the planet if we over-exploit the resources and so on, right? So you've got this problem about resources. And he's right. He would say this is the number one motivation for going up because there are, in fact, infinite resources out there. And so once you begin to have access to the asteroids and access to Mars and beyond...

You can imagine a world where you alleviate that pressure.

You can imagine a world where you alleviate that pressure.

You can imagine a world where you alleviate that pressure.

Yeah, and I think it's Neptune or Uranus that we think has diamonds in it. Oh, my goodness.

Yeah, and I think it's Neptune or Uranus that we think has diamonds in it. Oh, my goodness.

Yeah, and I think it's Neptune or Uranus that we think has diamonds in it. Oh, my goodness.

They're good for drill bits as well. But we can make them for jewelry.

They're good for drill bits as well. But we can make them for jewelry.

They're good for drill bits as well. But we can make them for jewelry.

No, they want the real ones.

No, they want the real ones.

No, they want the real ones.

It's the way that we value things. Gold. Yes. Gold is another example, right? It's valuable because there isn't very much of it.

It's the way that we value things. Gold. Yes. Gold is another example, right? It's valuable because there isn't very much of it.

It's the way that we value things. Gold. Yes. Gold is another example, right? It's valuable because there isn't very much of it.