We return to the Moon to explore ways to go beyond simple Lunar Bases to a full-fledged productive colony that can help us travel to other worlds and expand our own.

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Season 3, episode 20
Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur

Cover Art:
Jakub Grygier
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Graphics Team:
Jarred Eagley
Katie Byrne
Misho Yordanov
Murat Mamkegh
Sergio Botero
Stefan Blandin

Script Editing:
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Connor Hogan
Edward Nardella
Eustratius Graham
Gregory Leal
Jefferson Eagley
Luca de Rosa
Michael Gusevsky
MolbOrg
Naomi Kern
Philip Baldock
Sigmund Kopperud
Steve Cardon
Tiffany Penner

Music:
Dexter Britain, "Seeing the Future"
Markus Junnikkala, "A Memory of Earth"
Dan McLeod, "Mysterious Universe"
Sergey Cheremisinov, "Labyrinth"
Kai Engel, "December"
Dan McLeod, "Calculations"
Brandon Liew, "Into the Storm"

Industrializing the Moon

We begin the new Outward Bound series by discussing the Colonization of Mars, and survey all the colonizing and terraforming options from the early settlement days to the far future and a Green Mars. 

We will also look at alternatives to terraforming which might make more sense for Mars, like bioforming the people to the environment, rather than terraforming it to our environment.

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Jarred Eagley
Justin Dixon
Katie Byrne
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Misho Yordanov
Murat Mamkegh
Pierre Demet
Sergio Botero
Stefan Blandin

Script Editing:
Andy Popescu
Connor Hogan
Edward Nardella
Eustratius Graham
Gregory Leal
Jefferson Eagley
Luca de Rosa
Mark Warburton
Michael Gusevsky
Mitch Armstrong
MolbOrg
Naomi Kern
Philip Baldock
Sigmund Kopperud
Steve Cardon
Tiffany Penner

Music:
Markus Junnikkala, "Hail the Victorious Dead"
Dan McLeod, "Vacuum"
AJ Prasad, "Staring Through"
Markus Junnikkala, "A Memory of Earth"

Colonizing Mars

We continue our look at colonizing the solar system by visiting Venus, and exploring both the options for vast floating habitats in the upper atmosphere as well as full terraforming of the planet.

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Graphics Team:
Edward Nardella
Jarred Eagley
Justin Dixon
Katie Byrne
Kris Holland of Mafic Stufios: www.maficstudios.com
Misho Yordanov
Pierre Demet
Sergio Botero: https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc
Stefan Blandin

Script Editing:
Andy Popescu
Connor Hogan
Edward Nardella
Eustratius Graham
Gregory Leal
Jefferson Eagley
Luca de Rosa
Mark Warburton
Michael Gusevsky
Mitch Armstrong
MolbOrg
Naomi Kern
Philip Baldock
Sigmund Kopperud
Steve Cardon
Tiffany Penner

Music:
Markus Junnikkala, "Hail the Victorious Dead"
Dan McLeod, "Vacuum"
AJ Prasad, "Staring Through"

Colonizing Venus

We continue our look at colonizing the solar system by visiting Saturn's moon Titan, and examine the options for less classic colonization by exploring alternatives to manned colonization and classic terraforming.

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Graphics Team:
Edward Nardella
Jarred Eagley
Justin Dixon
Katie Byrne
Kris Holland of Mafic Stufios: www.maficstudios.com
Misho Yordanov
Pierre Demet
Sergio Botero: https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc
Stefan Blandin

Script Editing:
Andy Popescu
Connor Hogan
Edward Nardella
Eustratius Graham
Gregory Leal
Jefferson Eagley
Luca de Rosa
Mark Warburton
Michael Gusevsky
Mitch Armstrong
MolbOrg
Naomi Kern
Philip Baldock
Sigmund Kopperud
Tiffany Penner

Music:
Markus Junnikkala, "Hail the Victorious Dead"
Dan McLeod, "Vacuum"
AJ Prasad, "Staring Through"
Aerium, "Waters of Atlantis"

Colonizing Titan

Today we discuss the concept of trade throughout a colonized solar system, and ask how viable it is and what challenged it faces.

While Interplanetary trade faces many challenges, Interstellar Trade faces even more, this episode will seek to examine in detail what can be traded between worlds, what probably can't, and what technologies might impact that.

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Graphics Team:
Edward Nardella
Jarred Eagley
Justin Dixon
Katie Byrne
Kris Holland of Mafic Stufios: www.maficstudios.com
Misho Yordanov
Pierre Demet
Sergio Botero: https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc
Stefan Blandin

Script Editing:
Andy Popescu
Connor Hogan
Edward Nardella
Eustratius Graham
Gregory Leal
Jefferson Eagley
Luca de Rosa
Mark Warburton
Michael Gusevsky
Mitch Armstrong
MolbOrg
Naomi Kern
Philip Baldock
Sigmund Kopperud
Tiffany Penner

Music:
Markus Junnikkala, "Hail the Victorious Dead"
Koalips, "Kvazar"
Lombus, "Hydrogen Sonata"
Aerium, "Waters of Atlantis"
Chris Zabriskie, "CGI Snake"
Kai Engel, "Snowfall (Intro)"

Interplanetary Trade

Jupiter and its moon are a rarely considered prospect for colonization, but potentially the ripest opportunity for it in the solar system. In this episode of the Outward Bound series we will examine the options for colonizing each of Jupiter's primary moons and even discuss ways to colonize the giant planet itself.

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Graphics Team:
Edward Nardella
Jarred Eagley
Justin Dixon
Jeremy Jozwik
Katie Byrne
Kris Holland
Misho Yordanov
Murat Mamkegh
Pierre Demet
Sergio Botero
Stefan Blandin

Script Editing:
Andy Popescu
Connor Hogan
Edward Nardella
Eustratius Graham
Gregory Leal
Jefferson Eagley
Keith Blockus
Luca de Rosa
Mark Warburton
Michael Gusevsky
Mitch Armstrong
MolbOrg
Naomi Kern
Philip Baldock
Sigmund Kopperud
Tiffany Penner

Music:
Markus Junnikkala, "Hail the Victorious Dead"
Koalips, "Kvazar"
Lombus, "Hydrogen Sonata"
Aerium, "Waters of Atlantis"
Chris Zabriskie, "CGI Snake"
Kai Engel, "Snowfall (Intro)"

Colonizing Jupiter

Could the cold outer reaches of the solar system ever be called home?
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Far beyond even Pluto and the Kuiper Belt is a vast and mostly empty region of space that we theorize may contain trillions of comets and other icy bodies. Frozen and barren though they would be, we will consider how they might one day become thriving and comfortable habitats for us.

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Graphics Team:
Edward Nardella
Jarred Eagley
Justin Dixon
Katie Byrne
Kris Holland of Mafic Stufios: www.maficstudios.com
Misho Yordanov
Pierre Demet
Sergio Botero: https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc
Stefan Blandin

Script Editing:
Andy Popescu
Connor Hogan
Edward Nardella
Eustratius Graham
Gregory Leal
Jefferson Eagley
Keith Blockus
Luca de Rosa
Mark Warburton
Michael Gusevsky
Mitch Armstrong
MolbOrg
Naomi Kern
Philip Baldock
Sigmund Kopperud
Tiffany Penner

Music:
Markus Junnikkala, "Hail the Victorious Dead"
Koalips, "Kvazar"
Lombus, "Hydrogen Sonata"
Aerium, "Waters of Atlantis"
Chris Zabriskie, "CGI Snake"

Colonizing The Oort Cloud

We contemplate colonizing planets, but what about the stars themselves?
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Containing virtually all the mass and resources of the solar system, the Sun, the Sun is the ultimate asset for a growing interplanetary civilization. While typically assumed too hot to touch and so out of our reach, we will challenge that notion today.

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Graphics Team:
Edward Nardella
Jeremy Jozwik
Jarred Eagley
Justin Dixon
Jeremy Jozwik
Katie Byrne
Kris Holland/Mafic Studios: http://www.maficstudios.com
Luuk Warringa
Misho Yordanov
Murat Mamkegh
Nick Talmers Nieuwoudt
Pierre Demet
Sergio Botero
Stefan Blandin

Script Editing:
Andy Popescu
Connor Hogan
Edward Nardella
Eustratius Graham
Gregory Leal
Jefferson Eagley
Keith Blockus
Luca de Rosa
Mark Warburton
Michael Gusevsky
Mitch Armstrong
MolbOrg
Naomi Kern
Philip Baldock
Sigmund Kopperud
Steve Cardon
Tiffany Penner

Music:
Markus Junnikkala, "Hail the Victorious Dead"
Miguel Johnson, "So Many Stars"
Chris Zabriskie, "I should have been more human"
Miguel Johnson, "Exodus"
Miguel Johnson, "A Planet Found"
A.J. Prasad, "Aether"

Colonizing the Sun

A journey out to the stars to colonize Alpha Centauri
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We've looked at colonizing our own solar system, from Mars to Venus, and all the way inward to the Sun itself and out to the dark edges of the Oort Cloud. In this episode we conclude the Outward Bound Series by heading to our nearest neighboring star system, Alpha Centauri, and look at the trials and tribulations of colonizing binary star systems and red dwarves.

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Andy P
Finrod Felagund
Gregory Leal
Keith Blockus
Matthew Acker
N Kern
Sigmund Kopperud (Wicked Woxel)



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Edward Nardella
Jeremy Jozwik
Jarred Eagley
Justin Dixon
Jeremy Jozwik
Katie Byrne
Kris Holland of Mafic Stufios: www.maficstudios.com
Luuk Warringa
Mihail Yordanov
Murat Mamkegh
Nick Talmers Nieuwoudt
Pierre Demet
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Stefan Blandin

Music Supervisor
Luca De Rosa

Music:
Markus Junnikkala, "Hail the Victorious Dead"
Evan King, "Altered Carbon"
Evan King , "Overwatch"
Ender Guney, "Epic Cinematic Trailer"
NJ Mandaville, "Plagal"
Koalips, "Kvazar"
Phase Shift, "Mystic Forest"
Sergey Cheremisinov, "Jump In Infinity"
Dan MCLeod, "Stargazers"
Aerium, "Waters of Atlantis" 
Aerium, "Fifth star of Aldebaran"

In memory of Link 
(2008 – Feb 20, 2018)
You will be missed my furry friend

Colonizing Alpha Centauri

Today we take a trip inward, to explore Sun-Scorched Mercury.

Mercury is the nearest planet to the Sun, a seeming airless wasteland little discussed in conversations about colonizing our solar system. Today we will challenge that, and show that Mercury may be one of the most promising places for humanity to make new homes on.

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Credits:
Outward Bound: Colonizing Mercury
Season 4, Episode 23

Writers:
Isaac Arthur

Editors:
A.T. Long
Darius Said
Derek Hightower
Edward Nardella
Keith Blockus
Jerry Guern
Luca DeRosa
Luke Parrish
Mark Warburton
Oliver Epsom
Sam McNamara
Sigmund Kopperud

Producer:
Isaac Arthur

Cover Artist:
Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier

Graphics Team:
Jarred Eagley
Jeremy Jozwik
Justin Dixon
Katie Byrne
Ken York
Kris Holland (Mafic Studios) www.maficstudios.com
Kristijan Tavar
Mihail Yordanov
Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc

Narrator:
Isaac Arthur

Music Manager:
Luca De Rosa  - lucaderosa2@live.com

Music:
Markus Junnikkala, "Hail the Victorious Dead" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/
Koalips, "Kvazar" http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Koalips/
Aerium, "Fifth Star of Aldebaran" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ
Kai Engel, "Endless Story about Sun and Moon" https://www.kai-engel.com/
Denny Schneidemesser, "Across the Universe" https://soundcloud.com/denny-schneidemesser
Lombus, "Cosmic Soup" https://lombus.bandcamp.com

Colonizing Mercury

Pluto and it's largest moon, Charon, are so far from the Sun and so tiny that they would not seem like promising options for interplanetary colonization. However, they may turn out to be excellent prospects precisely because the double dwarf planet offers some unique options, like space elevators right from surface to surface.

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Credits:
Outward Bound: Colonizing Pluto
Episode 189 Season 5 E23

Written by:
Isaac Arthur
Jerry Guern
Mark Warburton

Editors:
Evan Schultheis
Darius Said
Keith Blockus
Matthew Acker

Cover Art:
Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier

Graphics by:
Fishy Tree https://www.deviantart.com/fishytree/
Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana
Katie Byrne
Ken York https://www.facebook.com/YDVisual/
Kristijan Tavcar https://www.miragedereve.com
Sam McNamara
Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc
The Ashdale Regiment https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvIoDwtY8FVw35xgDU0-yMQ

Produced & Narrated by:
Isaac Arthur

Music Manager:
Luca DeRosa - lucaderosa2@live.com

Music:
Markus Junnikkala, "Hail the Victorious Dead" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/
Aerium, "The islands moved while I  was asleep" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ
Kai Engel, "Endless Story About Sun and Moon"  https://www.kai-engel.com/
Markus Junnikkala, "We Roam the Stars", https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/
Paradox Interactive, "Faster than light" https://www.paradoxplaza.com

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