Governments started the space age. Now, billionaires and private firms are reinventing it. Guest host Steve Levitt explores what the past can teach us about a high-stakes future. (Part two of a <a href="https://freakonomics.com/should-a-i-move-to-space/" rel="noopener noreferrer">two-part series</a>.)
  
<ul>
 <li>SOURCES:
 <ul>
 <li><a href="https://research.google/people/106776/?&type=google" rel="noopener noreferrer">Blaise Agüera y Arcas</a>, vice president and fellow at Google, C.T.O. of technology and society.</li>
 <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/rosanna-m-hoffmann/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Rosanna Hoffman</a>, head of space law, policy, and sustainability at the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs.</li>
 <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-macdonald-8b47742b/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Alex Macdonald</a>, former first chief economist at NASA, senior associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.</li>
 <li><a href="https://investors.planet.com/governance/board-of-directors/person-details/default.aspx?ItemId=f7006907-5951-46a9-abf9-ee5a2bc7ccd9" rel="noopener noreferrer">Will Marshall</a>, co-founder and C.E.O. of Planet Labs.</li>
 </ul></li>
</ul>
 
<ul>
 <li>RESOURCES:
 <ul>
 <li>"<a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/will_marshall_the_mission_to_create_a_searchable_database_of_earth_s_surface" rel="noopener noreferrer">The mission to create a searchable database of Earth's surface</a>," by Will Marshall (TED, 2018).</li>
 <li><a href="https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300219326/the-long-space-age/" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Long Space Age</a>, by Alex Macdonald (2017).</li>
 <li><a href="https://ai.planet.com/signin" rel="noopener noreferrer">Planet Labs A.I. </a></li>
 </ul></li>
</ul>
 
<ul>
 <li>EXTRAS:
 <ul>
 <li>"<a href="https://freakonomics.com/should-a-i-move-to-space/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Should A.I. Move to Space?</a>," series by Freakonomics Radio (2026).</li>
 </ul></li>
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