Prophets of Science Fiction — S01E07 — Robert Heinlein

00:00:01 Narrator: WHAT IS FREEDOM,

00:02:13 BUT IN THE PAGES OF A SCI-FI PULP,

00:04:20 UNTIL THE LAST DAY OF HIS LIFE,

00:06:10 Saxe: WE DON'T THINK OF ANY PARTS OF OUR THOUGHTS OR CONSCIOUSNESS

00:07:46 IN A VERY PREDICTED WAY.

00:09:21 Narrator: BUT HEINLEIN'S PROPHECY

00:11:23 HEINLEIN SETTLES WITH HIS WIFE IN COLORADO SPRINGS,

00:13:22 A CITIZEN HAS THE COURAGE

00:15:05 BUT SOMEBODY'S PARACHUTE CAME UNDERNEATH MINE.

00:16:42 WILL BE ABLE TO PARK THEIR CHAIR AND CLIMB IN AND GET GOING.

00:18:34 Narrator: HEINLEIN WRITES THE PLAYBOOK

00:20:40 Patterson: THE MOST TABOO OF ALL TABOOS

00:22:44 THE CRYOPRESERVATION PROCESS BEGINS.

00:24:35 WHICH COMPLETELY SUPPRESSES THE FORMATION OF ICE CRYSTALS

00:26:46 IN "THE MOON IS A HARSH MISTRESS,"

00:28:33 IS GOING TO BE PACKAGED BEFORE IT GOES.

00:30:08 THEY RISK VENTING OXYGEN.

00:31:40 THAT THERE WOULD BE ICE ON THE MOON

00:33:22 IT FUNDAMENTALLY BOILS DOWN TO IMAGINATION.

00:35:16 INTO A NETWORK SO THAT NO ONE COMPUTER

00:36:55 I THINK SO.

00:38:51 Narrator: JERRY POURNELLE CONVENES A COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS

00:40:30 SATELLITE-BASED X-RAY LASERS, AND GROUND-BASED X-RAY LASERS.

00:42:30 AND THE PRICE OF FREEDOM.