Mars may be humanity’s next great home—but it’s not the finish line. From floating cities above Venus to mining Mercury and the Asteroid Belt, to building bases on the Jovian moons and Titan, we explore which destinations might follow Mars and how each could shape our future in space.

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Chapters
0:00 Intro
2:02 Why the Moon Should Come First
3:47 Candidate #1: Near-Earth Asteroids (NEAs)
7:52 Candidate #2: Venus
11:35 Candidate #3: Mercury
15:16 Candidate #4: Lagrange Points & Earth-Orbit Infrastructure
17:51 Candidate #5: Jovian Moons
20:26 Nebula
22:06 Candidate #6: Titan (Saturn’s Moon)
23:46 Candidate #7: The Asteroid Belt
25:44 Candidate #8: Comet Mining & Outer System Expansion
27:56 Cross-Support: Who Helps Whom?

After Mars - 8 Candidates For Where Humanity Should Go Next

Isaac Arthur