Mark Fielding

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1,431 appearances 13 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 3 Aug

Mark Fielding’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 13 in all, peaking in Jun 2026 with 6.

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Thinking On Paper · NASA Is Building A Moon Base. And That's Just The Start · 2 Jun 2026 podcast

Phase two, that's... voice-verified

Ramped up a lot from four to 60,000 kilos and then phase three, 150,000 kilo payload to the surface. voice-verified

Philip Metzger, he did say you only need 12 tons. voice-verified

So we went there. voice-verified

Well, let's look at those goals. voice-verified

So phase one. voice-verified

Achieve high rate reliable surface access. voice-verified

Establish ground truth for moon-based landing sites. voice-verified

Hold on one second. voice-verified

Hold voice-verified

Does that mean the right location? voice-verified

ground truth for moon-based landing sites. voice-verified

There you go, and the first crewed moon base mission. voice-verified

Then things ramp up with the way phase two establish initial lunar surface infrastructure, increase eclipse payload mass capability, technology demonstrations, which going back to our episode with GRU and hotels on the moon, they were all about technological demonstrations. voice-verified

Then semi-annual crewed missions. voice-verified

And then phase three, regolith manipulation and site preparation. voice-verified

Again, increased clips, payload mass, uncrewed cargo return capabilities, and then continuous crew presence. voice-verified

Regolith manipulation and site preparation. voice-verified

Yep. voice-verified

How much of that will be autonomous? voice-verified

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