Angelo Vermeulen: How to go to space, without having to go to space

"We will start inhabiting outer space," says NASA crew commander Angelo Vermeulen. "It might take 50 years or it might take 500 years, but it’s going to happen." In this charming talk, the TED Senior Fellow describes some of his official work to make sure humans are prepared for life in deep space ... and shares a fascinating art project in which he challenged people worldwide to design homes we might live in there. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design -- plus science, business, global issues, the arts and much more. Find closed captions and translated subtitles in many languages at http://www.ted.com/talks/angelo_vermeulen_how_to_go_to_space_without_having_to_go_to_space Follow TED news on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tednews Like TED on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TED Subscribe to our channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/TEDtalksDirector

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["TEDTalk", "TEDTalks", "TED Talk", "TED Talks", "TED", "TED Fellow", "TED Fellows", "TEDGlobal", "Angelo Vermeulen", "architecture", "arts", "design", "science", "space"]

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Duration minutes: 7

Duration seconds: 9