Space Business Podcast #87 Casey Handmer

Casey Handmer writes a blog that many of you may already read called, well, Casey Handmer's blog. His posts regularly explore fascinating space topics such as e.g. explaining misconceptions about Starship or how to terraform Mars. We could not possibly do justice to the wealth of topics he’s written about in one podcast episode, but we are talking somewhat of a whirlwind tour through some of his best known posts on space. I think you’ll really enjoy it! https://caseyhandmer.wordpress.com/ Follow us: https://www.twitter.com/podcast_space Instagram: @raphael_space Learn more about space & the space economy: Check out the edX/EPFL Space Economy MOOC: https://www.edx.org/course/new-space-economy There is now a certificate for those wanting to enter the space sector: https://www.spacecertificate.com Do you want to specifically learn about investing in Space? Join the pre-release of Raphael's new live-taught course on Maven:  https://maven.com/space-business-institute/investing-course The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics. Support us at https://www.patreon.com/spacebusinesspodcast Timestamps 0:00 Intro 2:30 Casey's blog 3:57 Target audience 4:51 Topic selection 7:53 Lunar base post 8:59 Power delivery to the Moon 12:24 The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress 13:09 Understanding Starship 17:04 Getting humanity to Mars 21:50 Why come back to Earth? 26:05 Starship use cases on Mars 31:47 Constraints on building a self-sufficient city on Mars 33:50 Terraforming Mars 40:34 Convincing people to go to Mars 44:02 Space babies 51:51 Sci-Fi