130: Lunar Space Elevator, Firefly #7 Jaynestown

This week on the show:SPACE NEWS: Scientists are proposing the construction of a lunar space elevator to lower the cost of traveling from Earth to the moon. Alexandria and Jesse debate whether or not this sounds like a good idea. Check out the full article from The Observer here: https://observer.com/2019/09/moon-space-elevator-lunar-exploration-columbia-study/ FIREFLY: Jayne returns to discuss the hero of Canton in Firefly episode 7 “Jaynestown.” We examine the moral issues present in the episode, and get sidetracked by a bunch of nerdy space stuff. YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/jessemercuryscifi PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/spacenerdspodcast DISCORD: https://discord.gg/H94mQWZ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/jessemercuryscifi CONTACT: [email protected] WEBSITE: https://www.jessemercury.com Follow the Space Nerds on Twitter or Instagram: Alexandria: https://twitter.com/MissAJHenderson Doug: https://twitter.com/DouglasWFail Sarah: https://www.instagram.com/saraha_cha_chaAndi: https://www.instagram.com/andialhadeffJesse: https://twitter.com/spacenerdjesse The modern Star Trek renaissance is happening on CBS All Access! To sign up and support this podcast at the same time, click this link: https://cbsallaccess.qflm.net/XjMYG