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Regina G. Barber

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581 total appearances

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Could Architecture In Space Make A Greener Earth?

You got it.

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Could Architecture In Space Make A Greener Earth?

No.

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Could Architecture In Space Make A Greener Earth?

So what are the hurdles that still exist to like getting this up and running in space?

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Could Architecture In Space Make A Greener Earth?

Your company has also talked about how space structures can be used for things like agriculture or manufacturing.

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Could Architecture In Space Make A Greener Earth?

How would that work?

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Could Architecture In Space Make A Greener Earth?

That is amazing.

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Could Architecture In Space Make A Greener Earth?

So this kind of work would, I assume, require workers.

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Could Architecture In Space Make A Greener Earth?

Do you envision people farming and doing shift work in orbit?

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Could Architecture In Space Make A Greener Earth?

So would the workers live their lives up there, eating, sleeping, and working, or would they be commuting?

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Could Architecture In Space Make A Greener Earth?

So when I think about commuting, commuting now is like not the best for the environment.

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Could Architecture In Space Make A Greener Earth?

So what about commuting to space?

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Could Architecture In Space Make A Greener Earth?

Is that going to affect our environment as well?

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Could Architecture In Space Make A Greener Earth?

So if there are a lot of launches, like people are commuting up into space, how are we going to deal with space junk and debris?

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Could Architecture In Space Make A Greener Earth?

Speaking of environmental issues and space and junk and pollution, you're exploring building solar panels in space in low Earth orbit, like basically where the International Space Station is.

Short Wave
Could Architecture In Space Make A Greener Earth?

How would that work?

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Could Architecture In Space Make A Greener Earth?

Yeah, it's too fragile.

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Could Architecture In Space Make A Greener Earth?

Now that you say it's a beam, I'm less scared because when I saw that in like making areas of Earth have light when it is nighttime can be dangerous, right?

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Could Architecture In Space Make A Greener Earth?

Like you could alter seasons.

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Could Architecture In Space Make A Greener Earth?

You could mess up ecosystems, could mess up circadian rhythm.

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Could Architecture In Space Make A Greener Earth?

But you're talking about an actual beam, which sounds kind of super villainy, too.