<p>Geneticist Christopher Mason chats about his new book, “The Next 500 Years:  Engineering Life to Reach New Worlds” from MIT Press.  We discuss both the nuts and bolts and the philosophy driving our expansion offworld.  Mason’s goal is to preserve our species by expanding to an Earth 2.0 in order to avoid our star’s own Red Giant endgame.</p>

Geneticist Christopher Mason chats about his new book, “The Next 500 Years: Engineering Life to Reach New Worlds” from MIT Press. We discuss both the nuts and bolts and the philosophy driving our expansion offworld. Mason’s goal is to preserve our species by expanding to an Earth 2.0 in order to avoid our star’s own Red Giant endgame.

<p>Geneticist Christopher Mason chats about his new book, “The Next 500 Years:&nbsp; Engineering Life to Reach New Worlds” from MIT Press.&nbsp; We discuss both the nuts and bolts and the philosophy driving our expansion offworld.&nbsp; Mason’s goal is to preserve our species by expanding to an Earth 2.0 in order to avoid our star’s own Red Giant endgame.</p>

Episode 50 --- How Humans Can Use Bioengineering To Move Off-World

Cosmic Controversy covers past and present issues in aerospace and astronomy with your host --- science journalist, Forbes contributor and ”Distant Wanderers:  The Search for Planets Beyond the Solar System” author Bruce Dorminey.

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Cosmic Controversy covers past and present issues in aerospace and astronomy with your host --- science journalist, Forbes contributor and ”Distant Wanderers: The Search for Planets Beyond the Solar System” author Bruce Dorminey.

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Episode 50 --- How Humans Can Use Bioengineering To Move Off-World

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