Interview: New Moon Mission Brings Back Old Ideas

On 3 July 2019, Axios featured an interview with me on space colonisation. Below is an excerpt:

“Colonise is a problematic word, but, more to the point, we need to grapple with colonisation in space (and on Earth) now, rather than later, because the mindset, values and beliefs behind this word shape corporate behaviours,” Swinburne University (Australia) sociologist Zuleyka Zevallos said via email…

“If companies believe they have a right to accumulate massive wealth at the expense of Indigenous communities, Black people and poorer nations, that is a colonial mindset,” Zevallos said. “If we allow this belief to continue to shape our environment on Earth, the same problems will be transplanted into other worlds.”

Read the article on Axios.