Brian Cox

Let's go. Yeah. You know, and I get, you know, I get criticised for this quite a lot and will no doubt after this interview, because I do think our future at some point is beyond Earth. It has to be, right? Obviously, logically it is. But the question is when. And there are two things to say.

One thing to emphasize, which I'm sure you'd agree with, is that I don't think anybody is suggesting that what we're able to do now is trash this planet and then move to another one. Right, of course. No one's saying that. That's way in the future.

One thing to emphasize, which I'm sure you'd agree with, is that I don't think anybody is suggesting that what we're able to do now is trash this planet and then move to another one. Right, of course. No one's saying that. That's way in the future.

One thing to emphasize, which I'm sure you'd agree with, is that I don't think anybody is suggesting that what we're able to do now is trash this planet and then move to another one. Right, of course. No one's saying that. That's way in the future.

Yeah, well, that's in our control. I mean, we can move those now. Sort of. Well, not quite yet.

Yeah, well, that's in our control. I mean, we can move those now. Sort of. Well, not quite yet.

Yeah, well, that's in our control. I mean, we can move those now. Sort of. Well, not quite yet.

Not really. That's true. So we need that technology. So we're on the verge of having that technology. That would be nice. It was Carl Sagan, wasn't it, who said that if dinosaurs had a space program, they'd still be around. So it's their fault, in a sense. Which I kind of, you know, they didn't build rockets.

Not really. That's true. So we need that technology. So we're on the verge of having that technology. That would be nice. It was Carl Sagan, wasn't it, who said that if dinosaurs had a space program, they'd still be around. So it's their fault, in a sense. Which I kind of, you know, they didn't build rockets.

Not really. That's true. So we need that technology. So we're on the verge of having that technology. That would be nice. It was Carl Sagan, wasn't it, who said that if dinosaurs had a space program, they'd still be around. So it's their fault, in a sense. Which I kind of, you know, they didn't build rockets.

Let's just reset.

Let's just reset.

Let's just reset.

Yeah. But I think that idea, that basic idea, I interviewed Jeff Bezos once and he was fascinating. And he said to me that, first of all, we need infrastructure in space. Because if you think about building Amazon, he said what I needed was two pieces of infrastructure, the postal service and the Internet. And so they were provided and I could build my company.

Yeah. But I think that idea, that basic idea, I interviewed Jeff Bezos once and he was fascinating. And he said to me that, first of all, we need infrastructure in space. Because if you think about building Amazon, he said what I needed was two pieces of infrastructure, the postal service and the Internet. And so they were provided and I could build my company.

Yeah. But I think that idea, that basic idea, I interviewed Jeff Bezos once and he was fascinating. And he said to me that, first of all, we need infrastructure in space. Because if you think about building Amazon, he said what I needed was two pieces of infrastructure, the postal service and the Internet. And so they were provided and I could build my company.

So I want to do that for the next generation of entrepreneurs in space. I don't know what they're going to do in space, but I would like the infrastructure to be there for them to do it. And that's really simple. Yeah. And then he also goes on to say, of course, as we said before, the resources are up there. They're infinite.

So I want to do that for the next generation of entrepreneurs in space. I don't know what they're going to do in space, but I would like the infrastructure to be there for them to do it. And that's really simple. Yeah. And then he also goes on to say, of course, as we said before, the resources are up there. They're infinite.

So I want to do that for the next generation of entrepreneurs in space. I don't know what they're going to do in space, but I would like the infrastructure to be there for them to do it. And that's really simple. Yeah. And then he also goes on to say, of course, as we said before, the resources are up there. They're infinite.

infinite resources infinite energy effectively up there and so the idea he said to me i want to zone the earth residential and and people say that's ridiculous what are you talking but how ridiculous is it when you see that when you see the fact that for the first time we have launch vehicles that really should be able to launch almost anything we want.