The Milo and Moose Show Episode 14: Space, The Final Frontier

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Is Anyone Out There? by Alan Bean, 2000

In this episode of the Milo and Moose Show, Milo and Moose are discussing space; not space as in "the absence of something filled by furniture" but "the black thing above us with the stars and maybe aliens".

They begin by discussing the sheer size of space, by throwing around numbers they can't say and incomplete statistics. Following this they share their thoughts on whether they would like to be astronauts, and whether they think human's will eventually try to colonise the galaxy, They continue by applying these same questions to alien species specifically and whether we would colonise them, or whether they would colonise us.

They finish by revealing that earth, and life on earth, as we know is actually a reality show, and it's about to be cancelled! Can they come up with a pitch to save earth? It's not likely, let's be honest.  

The Farscape episode mentioned is Season 4 Episode 14: A Constellation of Doubt, and the Overview Effect short film can be found on Vimeo.

Gun sound effects by sound-ideas on www.freesfx.co.uk

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“Are you different?”

“Yeah, I’m different”

“How?”

“Well things that used to bother me, don’t bother me that much anymore. The world seems smaller, and I keep waiting for something to happen and I have to remind myself that when it doesn’t happen that that’s normal.”

John Crichton, Farscape Season 4 Episode 17 “A Constellation of Doubt”

The above quotation is from the sci-fi show Farscape, a series about an astronaut who ends up on the run with an assortment of aliens after becoming adrift in another galaxy. One of the speakers, John Crichton, describes how his extra-terrestrial experiences have changed him. He has been through all manner of mad and crazy events and, as the episode attests, no doubt suffers from PTSD. Nevertheless it's still a believable response to how humans would, and have, responded to life back on earth after experiencing the wonders of space first hand.  

This Arthur C. Clarke quote pops up when you load XCOM; a game about aliens who want to enslave us.

The short film 'Overview' replicates John’s feelings although where he has anxiety, the astronauts interviewed have an almost spiritual and euphoric peace. It is in this crucible between anxiety and optimism our next episode will take place, as we’ll wildly share and speculate about the secrets of outer space.  

In the next episode of The Milo and Moose Show we’ll be looking to discuss these issues and more, from our own views on exploring space to bigger and almost impossible to answer questions about the ramifications for our species as a whole. I can’t promise that alien sex won’t come up. The episode will be available on this blog, Soundcloud, Stitcher and the rest on Sunday 1^st May.

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