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Ariel Ekblaw: Space Colonization and Self-Assembling Space Megastructures | Lex Fridman Podcast #271

Ariel Ekblaw: Space Colonization and Self-Assembling Space Megastructures | Lex Fridman Podcast #271

Recommended on this episode

BookRecommendedISBN verified

Foundation trilogy

Isaac Asimov

“absolutely a favorite”
“probably a sick asimov foundation trilogy this is a amazing story of harry selden”— Ariel Ekblaw
BookRecommendedISBN verified

Seveneves

Neal Stephenson

“my favorite”
“my favorite uh is neil stephenson and seven eves it's a book that inspired my own phd research”— Ariel Ekblaw
BookRecommended

Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery

Scott Kelly

“this amazing book ... it's absolutely fantastic”
“scott kelly wrote this amazing book after he spent a year in space and he's a twin it's absolutely fantastic”— Ariel Ekblaw
BookRecommended

The New Breed

Kate Darling

“there's a great book by kate darling”
“there's a there's a great book by kate darling who's one of my she's colleagues ... her whole work is about this connection with robots”— Ariel Ekblaw

The guest's own work

BookBy the guestISBN verified

Into the Anthropocosmos: A Whole Space Catalog from the MIT Space Exploration Initiative

Ariel Ekblaw

“the book you mentioned is into the anthra cosmos a whole space catalog from the space catalog ... from the mit space exploration initiative”— Ariel Ekblaw

Also referenced (named, not recommended)

MediaReferenced

2001: A Space Odyssey

Stanley Kubrick (inferred)

“maybe not all the way to hal and the you know 2001 space odyssey reference that scares people about the habitat having a mind of its own”— Ariel Ekblaw
MediaReferenced

The Expanse

Amazon Studios (inferred)

“you see this in series like the expanse with the belters and these you know different societies”— Ariel Ekblaw