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Space Environmentalism with Moriba Jah
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What can we learn from indigenous people about our stewardship of space? Are we on the cusp of discovering extra-terrestrial life? And will Homo Machina replace Homo Sapiens? Find out in this fascinating conversation with Moriba Jah.
Moriba Jah is an astrodynamicist, space environmentalist, and all-round space renaissance man. Moriba is an associate professor of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at The University of Texas at Austin, a Fellow at the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and a world-renowned expert in astrodynamics.
Also in this episode, we read a listener mail from Sara Spaargaren - Program Manager, AI, Media and Democracy Lab at the University of Amsterdam - about whether or not we live in a post-truth society.
You can email us at DataFest@thedatalab.com or keep up to date with DataFest at https://datafest.global.
Your hosts are Gordon Johnstone - Head of DataFest at The Data Lab, Scotland's innovation centre for data and artificial intelligence hosted by the University of Edinburgh - and Lily Higham, Software Engineer at the BBC World Service.
Music provided by Post Coal Prom Queen.
15 episodes
Manage episode 379488010 series 3372626
What can we learn from indigenous people about our stewardship of space? Are we on the cusp of discovering extra-terrestrial life? And will Homo Machina replace Homo Sapiens? Find out in this fascinating conversation with Moriba Jah.
Moriba Jah is an astrodynamicist, space environmentalist, and all-round space renaissance man. Moriba is an associate professor of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at The University of Texas at Austin, a Fellow at the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and a world-renowned expert in astrodynamics.
Also in this episode, we read a listener mail from Sara Spaargaren - Program Manager, AI, Media and Democracy Lab at the University of Amsterdam - about whether or not we live in a post-truth society.
You can email us at DataFest@thedatalab.com or keep up to date with DataFest at https://datafest.global.
Your hosts are Gordon Johnstone - Head of DataFest at The Data Lab, Scotland's innovation centre for data and artificial intelligence hosted by the University of Edinburgh - and Lily Higham, Software Engineer at the BBC World Service.
Music provided by Post Coal Prom Queen.
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