• Space: The New Commercial Frontier

  • Oct 7 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 4 mins
  • Podcast

Space: The New Commercial Frontier

  • Summary

  • https://youtu.be/IBopAUk3s4A Podcast audio: In this episode of New Ideal, Mike Mazza and Tristan de Liège discuss the private space industry and Ayn Rand's philosophical thoughts on the subject. Among the topics covered: How state monopolization forestalled the development of the private space industry; Why Rand saw the Apollo 11 mission as a philosophical, not a political achievement; How pull peddling threatens space entrepreneurship; How the goal of making a profit enables progress in the private space industry; What's wrong with the objection that private business will corrupt science; How space exploration benefits us. Recommended in this podcast are Rand’s piece “Apollo 11,” the essay “Common Fallacies About Capitalism” in Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal, and Keith Lockitch’s “Ayn Rand on Apollo 11.” The podcast was released on October 2, 2024. Watch archived podcasts here.
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