34. Howard Bloom: The Infrastructure of Imagination: Garden the Solar System, Green the Galaxy

In this episode, Senior Fellow Peter Garretson interviews best-selling author Howard Bloom and founder of the Space Development Steering Committee. They discuss fundamental motivations for developing and settling space—humanity's destiny—and the roles that NASA and the Space Force are called to play to support that purpose. They focus on how to balance near-term threats and priorities vs. the power of Cislunar to determine the future. Howard discusses the opportunity cost of the current expandable architecture, and the possibilities suggested by reusable systems like a SpaceX’s Starship. He ends with an urgent plea to the Administration to get Starship flying without delay.

About Howard:

howardbloom.net/about-howard-bloom

Screw Sustainability

lifeboat.com/ex/screw.sustainability

China Silk Road vs America's Platinum Highway in the Sky

theentrepreneurmagazine.com/2021/03/19/chinas-…

othjournal.com/2018/09/24/chinas-new-silk-road…

Garden the Solar System - Green the Galaxy

kiss.caltech.edu/workshops/adaptive/presentati…

vimeo.com/67413529

Humanity's Destiny

pjmedia.com/culture/david-swindle/2013/06/17/h…

Howard's Books and Articles

howardbloom.net

The Space Development Steering Committee

spacedevelopmentsteeringcommittee.org

The 2 billion dollar Moon Prize

newsweek.com/one-small-step-toward-2-billion-m…

politico.com/story/2019/08/19/newt-gingrich-mi…

The Howard Bloom Institute

howardbloom.institute