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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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