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:

https://www.howardbloom.net/about-howard-bloom/

Screw Sustainability

https://lifeboat.com/ex/screw.sustainability

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

https://theentrepreneurmagazine.com/2021/03/19/chinas-new-silk-road-vs-americas-platinum-highway-in-the-sky-by-howard-bloom/

https://othjournal.com/2018/09/24/chinas-new-silk-road-vs-americas-platinum-highway-in-the-sky/

Garden the Solar System - Green the Galaxy

https://kiss.caltech.edu/workshops/adaptive/presentations/Garden%20the%20solar%20system-Green%20the%20Galaxy%204-23-2014.pdf

https://vimeo.com/67413529

Humanity's Destiny

https://pjmedia.com/culture/david-swindle/2013/06/17/humanitys-destiny-howard-bloom-garden-the-solar-system-green-the-galaxy-n145825

Howard's Books and Articles

https://www.howardbloom.net/

The Space Development Steering Committee

http://spacedevelopmentsteeringcommittee.org/

The 2 billion dollar Moon Prize

https://www.newsweek.com/one-small-step-toward-2-billion-moon-prize-opinion-1476945

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/19/newt-gingrich-michael-jackson-moon-1466853

The Howard Bloom Institute

https://howardbloom.institute/