Space Shiva is dreaming. (Cornelia Kopp/Creative Commons)

Will humans leave religion behind when they become an interplanetary species? Not hardly.

In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Julie and I grab our Orange Catholic Bibles and discuss how manned space exploration affects our belief systems and how faith might change or even break on off-world colonies or in the midst of extraterrestrial contact.

Space Shiva, what do you have to say about all this?

Plus, is there really a piece of the true cross aboard the International Space Station? How does one pray to Mecca in space? And what does the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints have to do with the Space Shuttle? All this and more will be answered.

So there you have it! Let me know how I got it wrong! You can find the Stuff to Blow Your Mind podcast on iTunes, Zune and the RSS feed. And don’t forget the free HowStuffWorks App!

Image Credit: Cornelia Kopp

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