{"id":6128,"date":"2014-01-20T07:15:49","date_gmt":"2014-01-20T07:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6128"},"modified":"2014-01-20T07:15:49","modified_gmt":"2014-01-20T07:15:49","slug":"startalk-radio-show-space-tourism-space-elevators-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6128","title":{"rendered":"StarTalk Radio Show &#8211; Space tourism, space elevators, and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.startalkradio.net\/about-the-host\/\" target=\"_blank\">Neil deGrasse Tyson<\/a>, his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.startalkradio.net\/show\/cosmic-queries-space-tourism\/\" target=\"_blank\">latest episode<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.startalkradio.net\/\" target=\"_d\">StarTalk Radio Show<\/a>\u00a0 dealt with space tourism and a number of other topics:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Book passage to the final frontier with host Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Leighann Lord. Get tourism tips from Neil, including what to visit on Mars (Olympus Mons and Valles Marineris are must-sees) and what he really thinks of the Martian moons. Learn more than you ever wanted to know about why we puke in space, how to avoid it, and why there\u2019s less vomit on the Vomit Comet these days. Find out how Space Elevators work and why they\u2019re not feasible\u2026 yet. Plus, listen to an in-depth discussion about the forces that drive space tourism, and what role government, NASA and private industry will play. You\u2019ll discover what space tourism has in common with the growth of the American railroad system and the exploitation of near-Earth asteroids for mineral wealth, and whether humanity could end up like the Ferengi from Star Trek (don\u2019t worry \u2013 super-geek Leighann will explain it all).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/130278718&amp;color=ff6600&amp;auto_play=false&amp;show_artwork=true\" height=\"166\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking of Neil deGrasse Tyson, his latest episode\u00a0\u00a0of\u00a0StarTalk Radio Show\u00a0 dealt with space tourism and a number of other topics: Book passage to the final frontier with host Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Leighann Lord. Get tourism tips from Neil, including what to visit on Mars (Olympus Mons and Valles Marineris are must-sees) and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6128\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">StarTalk Radio Show &#8211; Space tourism, space elevators, and more<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,13,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-space-science","category-spacecasts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1AQ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2263,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2263","url_meta":{"origin":6128,"position":0},"title":"Space Chronicles (Part 1) &#8211; StarTalk Radio with Neil deGrasse Tyson","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 13, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Neil deGrasse Tyson talks with Prof. John Logsdon, founder and former director of the Space Policy Institute at George Washington University, about the history of the Apollo program: Space Chronicles (Part 1) | StarTalk Radio Show by Neil deGrasse Tyson - StarTalk Radio You know the names: Sputnik, Apollo, JFK,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;History&quot;","block_context":{"text":"History","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=6"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10399,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10399","url_meta":{"origin":6128,"position":1},"title":"&#8216;StarTalk&#8217; with Neil deGrasse Tyson starting on Nat. 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