Space may be the final frontier, but what technology will be required to really get us out there, beyond our solar systems and out among the stars. What emerging technology will shape the future of space exploration? Part 1 of 2. ----more---- Topics: Entering a new age of space exploration BBC: Space 2020: What does the future hold?     https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20150128-space-2020-what-happens-next Returning to the Moon Private Space travel The Moon as a new jumping-off point NASA: NASA to Return Humans to the Moon https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-to-return-humans-to-the-moon AI and space exploration The International Society of Optics and Photonics: Artificial Intelligence and Space Exploration https://spie.org/news/op19-sunday-plenaries?SSO=1 AI and the search for exoplanets AI and probes AI/Machines and the limits of the human body Autonav for Mars Rover NASA: Leave the Driving to Autonav https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/20147/leave-the-driving-to-autonav/ Singularity Hub: AI Is Kicking Space Exploration Into Hyperdrive https://singularityhub.com/2018/10/07/ais-kicking-space-exploration-into-hyperdrive-heres-how/   The search for stromatolites on Mars Searching for water and life on Jupiter’s Europa https://europa.nasa.gov/ AI and medical care for astronauts AI and terraforming BioCarbon Engineering  and drone planting Mining in Space BBC: The truth about asteroid mining https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20160103-the-truth-about-asteroid-mining Independent: Asteroid mining made legal after Barack Obama gives US citizens the right to own parts of celestial bodies https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/asteroid-mining-made-legal-after-barack-obama-gives-us-citizens-the-right-to-own-parts-of-celestial-a6750046.html    2015: U.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act MIT: How the asteroid-mining bubble burst https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/06/26/134510/asteroid-mining-bubble-burst-history Issues and challenges of asteroid mining in the near future Space Tourism Popular Mechanics: Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne Rocket Is Ready for Its First Full Flight Test https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/rockets/a32600712/virgin-orbit-launcherone-rocket/ Life in the universe Eurpoa Clipper’s search on Jupiter’s moon The Drake Equation and the Fermi Paradox Singularity Hub: Where Is Everyone? 4 Possible Explanations for the Fermi Paradox https://singularityhub.com/2019/09/02/where-is-everyone-4-possible-explanations-for-the-fermi-paradox/   Stick around for Part 2, with out For The Church Segment and the Looking Ahead Segment  Facebook: fb.me/SGSTPodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/SGSTPodcast   Intro and outro music: Cosmic Pluck from Vycroft. ( https://freesound.org/people/vykroft/ ) “For the Church Segment” transition music: Marketing from Skibka Music. ( https://freesound.org/people/SkibkaMusic/ )