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Space Policy & the ISS (w. Nik Proxima)

October 21, 2026 · 1 h 57 min

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The ISS is the greatest product of international space cooperation ever achieved. It is also a product of happening at exactly the right time to actually be possible. Today, we’re talking to space policy expert Nik Proxima about the history of the ISS. We cover its conception as a post-Cold War recycling program, why it continued to operate even as member nations became adversaries, and how space cooperation today is very different from 20 years ago.

Check out Nik’s work here: Space Scout and Proxima: A Human Exploration of Mars

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