Human remains scattered on the moon, pollution in the night sky, colonizing outer space—that’s capitalism, baby! In this episode, Clayton, Julia, and Cody discuss the idea of a “lunar anthropocene” and how settler colonialism shapes space exploration.
Sources
The case for a lunar anthropocene byJustin Allen Holcomb, Rolfe David Mandel & Karl William Wegmann
Works of Zoe Todd
Staying with the Trouble by Donna J. Haraway
The White House May Condemn Musk, but the Government Is Addicted to Him
Which animals will be the first to live on the moon and Mars?
A Cosmologist’s Case for Staying Put on Earth
Becoming Martian by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
Keep Capitalism Out of Space by Tech Won’t Save Us podcast
Navajo Nation 'relieved' human remains didn't make it to the moon. Celestis vows to try again
