Moonshot Radio [S1:E12]— Ben Haldeman: LifeShip, Moon Archives & the Future of Humanity

For the Season 1 finale of Moonshot Radio, we go to the moon.Recorded in San Diego at the start of April, during the Artemis II mission, this episode brings the season full circle: from asking what it means to be human in the age of technology, to asking what parts of humanity we would carry beyond Earth.I speak with Ben Haldeman, founder of LifeShip, a project creating monuments across space with backups of Earth’s life and humanity’s story. LifeShip has already landed a small golden pyramid capsule on the moon containing plant seeds, human DNA, species DNA, and a cultural archive of art, knowledge, stories, and wishes from Earth.We discuss:What it means to create a backup of EarthWhy the moon is becoming a new archive for life and cultureSeed banks, DNA archives, and humanity’s long-term legacyWhether space expansion is escapism or stewardshipThe new era of commercial moon missionsBurning Man, moon temples, and participatory space cultureGovernance, values, and how we avoid repeating Earth’s mistakes in spaceWhat human consciousness, creativity, and care might mean in a multiplanetary futureThis episode closes Season 1 by returning to the heart of Moonshot Radio: technology is not just about what we can build. It is about what we choose to preserve, what we choose to become, and what values we carry with us into new worlds.Thank you for joining this first season of Moonshot Radio.