Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2022-03-23
Books mentioned on #271 – Ariel Ekblaw: Space Colonization and Self-Assembling Space Megastructures
Ariel Ekblaw is the director of the MIT Space Exploration Initiative. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – BetterHelp: https://betterhelp.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Foundation
Foundation by Isaac Asimov is a classic science fiction epic that follows a visionary mathematician who creates a foundation to preserve civilization through a dark age.
Discussed“probably a sick asimov foundation trilogy this is a amazing story of harry selden”
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The Foundation Trilogy
Isaac Asimov's science fiction masterpiece, The Foundation Trilogy, chronicles the epic fall and rise of a galactic empire through the lens of psychohistory.
Discussed“What were your favorite sci-fi authors when you were growing up? Probably Isaac Asimov's Foundation Trilogy.”
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Seveneves
Seveneves by Neal Stephenson is an epic science fiction novel that begins with the catastrophic explosion of the moon, forcing humanity to unite and repurpose the International Space Station into a desperate ark for civilization.
Discussed“now though my favorite uh is neil stephenson and seven eves it's a book that inspired my own phd research”
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2001, a Space Odyssey
2001, a Space Odyssey by Arthur C.
Discussed“maybe not all the way to hal and the you know 2001 space odyssey reference that scares people about the habitat having a mind of its own”
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2001
Arthur C.
Discussed“The future of space habitats is one of intelligent structures—maybe not all the way to HAL from the 2001: A Space Odyssey reference that scares people about a habitat having a mind of its own—but certainly, we're building systems now where the habitat has sensing technology that allows it to communicate its basic functions.”
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Ringworld
Discussed“my third one is the ring world just because every science fiction book ever that's worth anything has a ring world in it and uh it's just a donut”
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Endurance
Endurance by Scott Kelly is a gripping memoir written by the astronaut detailing his remarkable year spent living and working aboard the International Space Station.
Recommended“so scott kelly wrote this amazing book after he spent a year in space”
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“one of the projects in the book that i gave you which is a catalog of the projects that we've worked on over the last five years is the social robot that was developed at the media lab”
“one of the projects in the book that i gave you which is a catalog of the projects that we've worked on over the last five years is the social robot”