Offical Podcast of CheeseburgerGothic's For All Mankind Week
The producers seem to be on a bit of a tour at the moment, probably to whip up support for a Season 5 commission from AppleTV.
They dropped into my fave 4AM podcast — NASA Vending Machine with Jason and Dan, for a post-season wrap up. If you can’t get enough space snacks and interplanetary labor relations content in your day, this very enjoyable episode can be found right here.
I know the show likes to push forward, but the I think the Working Class Astronaut idea would have worked better on the moon. They could have looked at how new technology disrupts established ones (Fusion replacing Petrochems) and so on, as well as the tyranny of distance for FIFO moon workers.
Having said that, I really like the idea of Working Class Astronauts in all situations (its why I love the aesthetic of Alien so much). The tech in Alien is solid, reliable, will work for decades at a time. It's an aesthetic that doesn't get enough air time. Not everything is going to be smooth, white and clean. The guts of the thing are going to be lubricated, messy and noisy.
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