On Episode 95 of This Week In Space, Tariq and Rod focus on the way forward for space-based solar energy with John Mankins.
Local weather change has change into a high precedence for all of us, together with NASA. House solar energy — beaming vitality from area 24 hours per day — has change into an actual chance and is being studied internationally by the US, Europe, Japan, and China. It guarantees to offer a zero-emissions, zero-carbon supply of vitality worldwide — however it would take vital funding, growth, and dedication.
A latest NASA-backed examine was optimistic however cautious with its conclusions, and John Mankins, one of many first researchers of SSP within the US who continues to work on the idea, joins us to handle the report and to speak concerning the doable way forward for limitless, clear, and inexpensive vitality for a hungry world.
We’ll dive into this and extra on this episode of This Week in House!
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This Week in Space covers the brand new area age. Each Friday we take a deep dive into an enchanting subject. What’s occurring with the brand new race to the moon and different planets? When will SpaceX actually ship folks to Mars?
Be a part of Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik from House.com as they sort out these questions and extra every week on Friday afternoons. You possibly can subscribe at this time in your favourite podcatcher.
Rod Pyle is an creator, journalist, tv producer and Editor-in-Chief of Ad Astra magazine. He has written 18 books on area historical past, exploration, and growth, together with House 2.0, Innovation the NASA Manner, Interplanetary Robots, Blueprint for a Battlestar, Wonderful Tales of the House Age, First On the Moon, and Vacation spot Mars
In a earlier life, Rod produced quite a few documentaries and quick movies for The Historical past Channel, Discovery Communications, and Disney. He additionally labored in visible results on Star Trek: Deep House 9 and the Battlestar Galactica reboot, in addition to varied sci-fi TV pilots. His most up-to-date TV credit score was with the NatGeo documentary on Tom Wolfe’s iconic e book The Proper Stuff.
Liable for House.com’s editorial imaginative and prescient, Tariq Malik has been the Editor-in-Chief of House.com since 2019 and has lined area information and science for 18 years. He joined the House.com workforce in 2001, first as an intern and shortly after as a full-time spaceflight reporter overlaying human spaceflight, exploration, astronomy and the evening sky. He turned House.com’s managing editor in 2009. As on-air expertise has introduced area tales on CNN, Fox Information, NPR and others.
Tariq is an Eagle Scout (sure, he earned the House Exploration benefit badge), a House Camp veteran (4 occasions as a child, as soon as as an grownup), and has taken the final word “vomit comet” experience whereas reporting on zero-gravity fires. Earlier than becoming a member of House.com, he served as a workers reporter for The Los Angeles Instances overlaying metropolis and training beats. He has journalism levels from the College of Southern California and New York College.
