The Infinite Monkey Cage – How to Build a Universe by Prof. Brian Cox

The Infinite Monkey Cage – How to Build a Universe by Prof. Brian Cox

Author:Prof. Brian Cox
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers


The asteroid belt contains enough metals to build a skyscraper 8000 storeys tall and cover the Earth with it. All the precious elements and molecules we need, from water – i.e. rocket fuel – to the precious metals necessary to construct advanced electronic circuits, are waiting for us in limitless amounts. If we want to build orbiting colonies and factories or Moon and Mars bases, we don’t have to remove a single atom from the Earth. Couple this with the limitless solar energy available beyond our atmosphere and it begins to look rather silly to propose doing any heavy industry at all on Earth. This is precisely what the current generation of space entrepreneurs have realised. I recently spoke with Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon, at his Blue Origin rocket factory in Seattle. His vision is to zone Earth as residential and light industrial, in order to protect it. We’ve visited every planet in the Solar System, he said, and we know with absolute certainty that this is the best one. That’s why his company is called Blue Origin, after our precious blue jewel of a world. Spaceflight does not increase the pressure on our world by consuming valuable resources; it is a route to protecting our world by enabling us to grow into a richer and more interesting civilisation whilst simultaneously consuming less of Earth.



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