What podcasts say about Skyler Chan
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What Skyler Chan has said on podcasts
14 statements · 11 positive · 1 negative · 2 neutral
Robots can construct GRU’s lunar hotel without humans on the Moon.
“We would build the entire hotel end to end without actually needing to send humans”
Open the episode · The Startup Building the First Hotel on the Moon…Listen at 0:17
Using lunar resources can reduce the need to ship construction materials from Earth.
“The enablement of using resources off Earth, but using resources on moon to create structures so we don't have to pay for all the shipping from Earth to the moon.”
Open the episode · The Startup Building the First Hotel on the Moon…Listen at 12:17
Lunar regolith is the Moon’s surface topsoil.
“lunar regolith is topsoil on the lunar surface”
Open the episode · The Startup Building the First Hotel on the Moon…Listen at 13:18
GRU’s geopolymer approach can lower construction costs on the Moon.
“we can bring down the cost of construction on the surface”
Open the episode · The Startup Building the First Hotel on the Moon…Listen at 14:39
NASA’s announced $20 billion lunar-base spending signals demand for GRU’s technology.
“NASA had the ignition event where they basically announced that they would spend $20 billion to build a moon base, which is a great demand signal for us.”
Open the episode · The Startup Building the First Hotel on the Moon…Listen at 15:38
The Moon hotel is intended as an initial step toward broader lunar manufacturing.
“the moonhotel is simply just the first wedge towards enabling us to build products on the moon”
Open the episode · The Startup Building the First Hotel on the Moon…Listen at 16:39
Lunar development may eventually involve companies owning pieces of Moon land.
“it looks like companies owning pieces of land on the moon”
Open the episode · The Startup Building the First Hotel on the Moon…Listen at 17:09
GRU aspires to eventually own substantial lunar resources and land.
“our aspiration is to eventually own a lot of the resources and the land on the moon”
Open the episode · The Startup Building the First Hotel on the Moon…Listen at 17:16
Robotic lunar operations are much cheaper than sending humans.
“everything that we can do with robots is a lot cheaper than having to send humans”
Open the episode · The Startup Building the First Hotel on the Moon…Listen at 18:24
GRU plans to scale lunar construction by sending thousands of brick-making factories.
“Let's send Thousands of these bad boy factories up to the moon to just crank out more bricks”
Open the episode · The Startup Building the First Hotel on the Moon…Listen at 19:23
Humanity will eventually maintain a constant human presence on the Moon.
“we're going to have constant human presence on the moon”
Open the episode · The Startup Building the First Hotel on the Moon…Listen at 19:39
A hotel on the Moon is inevitable.
“it's inevitable”
Open the episode · The Startup Building the First Hotel on the Moon…Listen at 24:24
Lunar-soil bricks can shield inflatable habitats from radiation and micrometeorites.
“the bricks placed around it like an igloo that will protect you from the radiation from outer space and also the potential for micrometeorites on the moon”
Open the episode · The Startup Building the First Hotel on the Moon…Listen at 25:50
Permanent human settlement on Mars requires reducing dependence on Earth resources.
“we cannot have, reasonably speaking, have people living on Mars if we are dependent on resources from Earth the entire time”
Open the episode · The Startup Building the First Hotel on the Moon…Listen at 35:51
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