Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/donateidea Will Space travel change our perspective on the human condition? Space, also known as The Final Frontier, has been in our collective dreams and fantasies for decades. Who WOULDN'T want to blast into space, experience zero gravity, or walk on the moon?! But with limited funding to NASA, the day that had been promised to us for years (in addition to flying cars and hover boards), seems no closer now than it did 30 years ago. BUT WAIT! Could private research and funding be the future of galactic exploration? And maybe once we are all able to see the earth from a distance, we'll all gain some much needed perspective. So keep on truckin' Elon Musk, for humanity's sake. Let us know what sorts of crazy ideas you have, about this episode and otherwise: Tweet at us! @pbsideachannel (yes, the longest twitter username ever) Email us! pbsideachannel [at] gmail [dot] com Idea Channel Facebook! http://Facebook.com/pbsideachannel Hosted by Mike Rugnetta (@mikerugnetta) Made by Kornhaber Brown (http://www.kornhaberbrown.com/) Links: Is There Poop on the Moon? Ft. Smarter Every Day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNP8wy3S_kY Building a Homemade Spacecraft https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3-q-s79KXM Music: Roglok: http://vimeo.com/musicstore/track/21166 EatMe: http://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/348390/eatme Binarpilot - Bend: http://www.jamendo.com/en/track/7582/bend Want some more Idea Channel? Here's Last Week's episode: "Are Your New Year's Resolutions Bound To Fail?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eF1WIu1Zrg Want another one? Here ya go: "Do We Want The World To End?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzNSx0LFt2E Here's Some More: "What Do Santa and Wrestling Have In Common?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M26bDPKk-qs