{"id":20106,"date":"2026-03-25T17:47:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T17:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ideainthebox.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/25\/roundtables-the-next-era-of-space-exploration\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T17:47:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T17:47:09","slug":"roundtables-the-next-era-of-space-exploration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ideainthebox.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/25\/roundtables-the-next-era-of-space-exploration\/","title":{"rendered":"Roundtables: The Next Era of Space Exploration"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Listen to the session or watch below<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/wp.technologyreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Roundtables-Space-Audio.m4a\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n<p>Whether it\u2019s the race to find life on Mars, the campaign to outsmart killer asteroids, or the quest to make the moon a permanent home to astronauts, scientists\u2019 efforts in space can tell us more about where humanity is headed. This subscriber-only discussion examines the progress and possibilities ahead.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Speakers:<\/strong> <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/technologyreview.com\/author\/amanda-silverman\">Amanda Silverman<\/a><\/strong>, editor, features &amp; Investigations, and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/robingeorgeandrews.com\/sciencewriting\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/robingeorgeandrews.com\/sciencewriting\">Robin George Andrews<\/a><\/strong>, award-winning science journalist and author<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"Roundtables: The Next Era of Space Exploration\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1177019168?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong><em><strong>Recorded on March 25, 2026<br \/><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Stories:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2026\/02\/26\/1133584\/america-china-mars-sample-return-space-race-nasa\/\">America was winning the race to find Martian life. Then China jumped in.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2025\/07\/08\/1119757\/asteroid-hunt-2024-yr4-earth-planet-protection\/\">Inside the hunt for the most dangerous asteroid ever<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2025\/06\/23\/1119129\/first-images-vera-c-rubin-observatory\/\">See the stunning first images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2025\/04\/14\/1114306\/space-nuclear-explosion-asteroid-protection-research\/\">Meet the researchers testing the \u201cArmageddon\u201d approach to asteroid defense<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/robingeorgeandrews.com\/sciencewriting\">Science Writing by Robin George Andrews<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen to the session or watch below Whether it\u2019s the  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[226],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ideainthebox.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ideainthebox.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ideainthebox.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ideainthebox.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ideainthebox.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ideainthebox.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20106\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ideainthebox.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ideainthebox.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ideainthebox.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}