//podcastplus.net/feed/humanity-and-beyond~a3abc495 Humanity and Beyond is an interview-style podcast about space travel and expansion, aging, dark matter, and much more. Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:32:44 +0000 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1426471/5948065-dangers-of-long-term-space-travel.mp3?blob_id=27603271 Traveling in space for long periods of time and living on other planetary bodies is dangerous. With the absence of our Van Allen belts, you will be constantly bombarded with cosmic and solar radiation, as well as many other problems we have not addressed yet. So what can we possibly do to lessen the severity of, or even address, these problems? We speak with Job Daniel Livingstone, the Radiation Safety Officer for Gleneagles Global Hospitals to find out these answers and more. Sun, 27 Sep 2020 18:51:05 +0000 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1426471/5948065-dangers-of-long-term-space-travel.mp3?blob_id=27603271 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1426471/5982181-mining-resources-in-space.mp3?blob_id=27602956 What will be some of the many challenges of going to the Red Planet and choosing sites beneficial for the a Martian colony? What is ISRU and how would it make long term habitation practical? To find out the answers to these questions and more we spoke with the Associate Director of Engineering at Center for Space Resources Professor Christopher Dreyer Sun, 20 Sep 2020 17:26:01 +0000 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1426471/5982181-mining-resources-in-space.mp3?blob_id=27602956