Tim Wass
Gennady Stolyarov II
Art Ramon Garcia, Jr.
Daniel Twedt
José Cordeiro, PhD

On Sunday, June 23, 2024, the United States Transhumanist Party invited polymath Tim Wass to discuss his work in fostering space exploration, as well as education and outreach about it. Professor Wass discussed endeavors of the SpaceTech Academy and SpaceTech Collective, the United States Space Force, and SpaceX (in the realm of Mars missions in particular) – as well as his outlook on the future of humanity from a Mormon Transhumanist philosophical standpoint and his involvement with various other organizations and initiatives.

Tim Wass, among his numerous other pursuits, is an Adjunct Professor of Public Speaking at Crowder College, Volunteer Civilian Service Ambassador for the United States Space Force, as well as a Partner in the SpaceTech Academy. He is an expert in history and military strategy, as well as an accomplished speechwriter.

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Timestamps

2:57 – The medal Tim Wass was wearing
4:10 – How Tim Wass first got excited about space
7:26 – U.S. Space Force
12:00 – SpaceTech Academy is K-12 Education
14:07 – Teaching technique at SpaceTech Academy
19:38 – How to keep kidneys healthy in microgravity
21:55 – How robots might do the exploring for us
24:42 – How to create a gravity as strong as Earth’s on Mars
27:10 – What the initial mix of humans and robots to Mars could look like
31:41 – Elon Musk’s delays in his predictions for visiting the Moon and Mars
34:17 – Jose Cordeiro on the space race
35:32 – On China landing on the dark side of the Moon by 2030
40:35 – Art that Tim Wass has done to promote space travel
44:15 – Jose Cordeiro on whether we need to settle the Moon before we settle Mars
46:31 – Dan Twedt on the physical and social challenges of breaking into space
48:38 – Tim Wass on the big private players, and on Dan’s thoughts about social challenges
52:21– A representation of an orbital space station
55:46 – Jose Cordeiro on the proximity of colonizing Mars and becoming immortal
59:40 – How Tim Wass came to Mormon Transhumanism
1:08:03 – An anecdote to illustrate Tim’s take on liberty
1:10:48 – That anecdote’s implications for subsequent events
1:13:19 – The Vulcan philosophy of infinite diversity in infinite combinations (IDIC)
1:16:45 – How Tim Wass came to transhumanism
1:22:28 – How techno-optimism could prevail again
1:28:15 – Tim Wass’s credentials in teaching public speaking
1:31:55 – How to hybridize public speaking
1:33:51 – Diogenes
1:35:21 – How AI could best be used in space exploration
1:40:36 – How to mainstream transhumanism
1:46:09 – Daniel Twedt’s closing remarks
1:48:26 – Civilizations other than humanity
1:51:49 – How far along we are in being able to provide morphological freedom

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See the website of the SpaceTech Academy: https://www.wearespacetech.com/

See the website of the SpaceTech Collective, which includes Tim Wass: https://wearespacetech.com/spacetech-collective/

See Tim Wass’s LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-wass

“How to Persuade People The Winston Churchill Way” – Kindle Edition by Tim Wass Jr. – https://www.amazon.com/How-Persuade-People-Winston-Churchill-ebook/dp/B08BFSY5XR

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