#38 Moon Society: Developing the Moon

This week’s guest is James Burk, the Vice President of the Moon Society. As you can imagine, we talked all about … the Moon, especially how we can develop a sustained human presence there. In this context, also check out the Moon Society's upcoming Lunar Development Conference: https://www.moonsociety.org/conferences/2021-ldc/

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Episode notes

0:00 Intro

1:53 What is the Moon Society

2:39 Lunar Development Conference

3:08 The Moon Society's origin story

5:36 Moon exploration in the 2000s

7:32 Commercial lunar bases

12:27 Vision for lunar bases

16:55 Lunar base financing and economy

21:21 Transport capability to the Moon

24:53 Which lunar missions are most exciting

25:22 The viability of a lunar businesses

28:54 Required lunar infrastructure

30:41 The "new" space race

32:39 Law enforcement on the moon and in space

36:16 The Moon in Sci-Fi

40:11 Lunar base governance

45:12 Other aspects of lunar development

46:20 How to get involved in moon projects