Houston, we have a climate problem. Is Mars the answer?

• 2 months ago
• Radio
• Duration 21:58

A new space race may affect Earth’s climate. As rocket companies, owned by billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, drive the pursuit of energy resources in space, sustainability experts are scrambling to understand the carbon footprint of a quickly ramped up space industry. At the same time, they’re also considering the potential for climate solutions that may exist beyond our planet. It’s a quandary Scottish researcher Andrew Ross Wilson dubs ‘the space sustainability paradox.’