Space Environmentalism with Moriba Jah

2023-10-11

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...

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.

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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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