Ross Douthat
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Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
The New Space Race
And at some point, politics enters into this.
Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
The New Space Race
You know, you mentioned
Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
The New Space Race
You know, we're in a new mini space race with China to see if we can get back to the moon before they get there.
Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
The New Space Race
But we're not in a world where we're going to be fighting China for territorial control of the moon anytime soon, right?
Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
The New Space Race
But the war can wait for the asteroid.
Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
The New Space Race
The asteroid mining wars of 2174.
Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
The New Space Race
So what's the timeline for that tech?
Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
The New Space Race
And then what's a, I know this prediction is impossible, but what is a best case timeline for an actual manned Mars mission if things go well?
Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
The New Space Race
Well, first of all, everything, everything, there's political will behind it.
Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
The New Space Race
The tech is there.
Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
The New Space Race
So something that we could see.