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Lunacy: The Case Against the New Space Age
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Sat 17 Oct 11:45 AM
Liangis Theatre | National Portrait Gallery
General Admission
October
Billionaires are racing to colonise Mars and mine the Moon, and we're told its humanity’s destiny. Philosopher Ben Bramble thinks it’s something closer to madness. In this provocative session, he dismantles the promises of the new space age - backing up humanity, saving the Earth, securing our future - and argues the most extraordinary world available to us is the one beneath our feet. In conversation with science and technology historian David Munns.