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Engineers Debate
by Escape Velocity
Two engineers argue the future of space infrastructure with randomly chosen sides.Each episode, Gigi and Sam are assigned FOR or AGAINST at random, then argue the motion as hard as they can. At the end they drop the assignment and say what they actually think.Starship. Moon bases. Launch economics. Orbital manufacturing.The arguments the industry has in private, made public.New episodes every other week.
Episodes
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Two Engineers Debate Who Should Clean Up Space Debris. They Didn't Get to Pick Their Sides
Should governments pay to clean up the junk already in orbit?We argue it over three points:1. Who made the mess?2. Who's paying for it now?3. Is this the industrial revolution again?Which side won? Tell us in the comments, and tell us if you changed your mind by the end. Gigi argued governments...
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Do We Need Humans on the Moon? Neither of Us Picked a Side
Multiple nations are heading for the same few square kilometres of the lunar south pole. The US is proposing to cancel a third of NASA's future science missions to help pay for a base on the Moon, and one of us has to defend that decision. Every episode, we take randomly assigned opposite sides…
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Two Engineers Debate Starship. Neither Picked Their Side
SpaceX's Starship is either the most important vehicle in spaceflight history or an expensive detour. We didn't get to choose which side we argued. Recorded before Starship flight 14. Every episode we're assigned FOR or AGAINST at random, argue it as hard as we can, then drop the assignment and…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Two engineers argue the future of space infrastructure with randomly chosen sides.Each episode, Gigi and Sam are assigned FOR or AGAINST at random, then argue the motion as hard as they can. At the end they drop the assignment and say what they actually think.Starship. Moon bases. Launch economics. Orbital manufacturing.The arguments the industry has in private, made public.New episodes every other week.
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Escape Velocity
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Two engineers argue the future of space infrastructure with randomly chosen sides.Each episode, Gigi and Sam are assigned FOR or AGAINST at random, then argue the motion as hard as they can. At the end they drop the assignment and say what they actually think.Starship. Moon bases. Launch economics....
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