Andrew Song

Co-founder, Make Sunsets · 1 appearance on the record.

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Andrew Song co-founded Make Sunsets alongside Luke Iseman to deploy solar geoengineering by releasing sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere. Having previously worked across early-stage tech startups, he oversees operations and funding for Make Sunsets.

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Assertion Contradicted

Song: Make Sunsets received FAA clearance and a NOTAM for balloon launch

“So we got, got clearance by the FAA. Like, we just got issued a NOTAM.”

Andrew Song Apr 27, 2023 ▶ 6:22 The Carbon Copy: A rogue geoengineering startup sparks worry

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Assertion Contradicted

Song: Make Sunsets received FAA clearance and a NOTAM for balloon launch

“So we got, got clearance by the FAA. Like, we just got issued a NOTAM.”

Andrew Song Apr 27, 2023 ▶ 6:22 The Carbon Copy: A rogue geoengineering startup sparks worry

Insight

Make Sunsets founder compares his startup to test monkeys, not astronauts

“When the rubber meets the road, they need someone like me to actually, that's it. The scientists that create the Saturn B rocket didn't go into space. It was some monkey first, right? We're the monkey, we're not an astronaut.”

Andrew Song Apr 27, 2023 ▶ 23:24 The Carbon Copy: A rogue geoengineering startup sparks worry

Opinion

Song: Inhaling sulfur dioxide is less painful than a bong hit

“Like, if you've ever done a massive bong hit, like, it's, let's, it's not, it sounds, a bong hit is worse than, you know, what you're gonna inhale in terms of the pain.”

Andrew Song Apr 27, 2023 ▶ 4:32 The Carbon Copy: A rogue geoengineering startup sparks worry

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Insight

De la Garza: Environmental opposition no longer stops rogue geoengineering experiments

“Some kind of critical mass has been reached where two years ago, a strongly worded letter from indigenous groups and Greenpeace and other environmental organizations was enough to dissuade the researchers at the time from Doing this kind of thing from, in that…”

Alejandro de la Garza Apr 27, 2023 ▶ 24:48 The Carbon Copy: A rogue geoengineering startup sparks worry

Appearances (1)

Episode	Date	Speaking time
The Carbon Copy: A rogue geoengineering startup sparks worry	Apr 27, 2023	36s

Andrew Song

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