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Listening Window Odisha Knowledge Hub Lecture Series 49

Sharma proposes a number of drivers that propel of resources sooner than later. Our economy is
us towards further space exploration. financially self-perpetuating in the short term but
in the long run it is self-defeating.
The Urge to Explore - Exploration is a part of the
human DNA. The planet earth maybe the cradle of Environmental Degradation - Bad land use
civilization but nobody stays in the cradle forever. practices, the plundering of forests, industrial and
We need to find out what lies beyond our shores. vehicular pollution are choking the planet at a
It’s a part of our tradition. much faster rate than ever before.

Search for Resources to Fuel the Global Economy Survival - We take good care to back up our
- Our global economy is now over heated and it data but we don’t have a backup for the human
will remain like that for quite some time because genome. If tomorrow we make ourselves extinct
our current economic model is such that we because of our consumption patterns we will be
are not going to slow down and we will run out forever obliterated. If not that, then there is always