In the future we will build outposts and bases in space and on distant worlds, but what if we could make it so they built themselves instead?

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Credits:
Self-Growing Habitats & Space Bases
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 337; April 7, 2022
Produced, Written, and Narrated by Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Christopher Maurer https://www.redhousestudio.net
David McFarlane

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Self-Growing Habitats & Space Bases (Narration Only)

Science Fiction often shows us alien civilizations so advanced they are godlike, but how realistic are they, and what would such entities be like?

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Alien Civilizations: Godlike Aliens
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 341, May 5, 2022
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Andrew Nelson
Curt Hartung
David McFarlane

Cover Art:
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Martin Rezny, "Lifelight"
Denny Schneidemesser, "Bridge Ambience"
Stellardrone, "A Moment of Stillness", "Cosmic Sunrise", "Limbo"
Aerium, "Fifth Star of Aldebaran"
Miguel Johnson, "Strange New World"

Godlike Aliens (Narration Only)

Our capability to render virtual realities better and better makes it seem likely one day we could simulate our world flawlessly, and perhaps our minds too. If so, perhaps we will in the future... and perhaps we already did in the past.

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What are Ancestor Simulations... and are we living in one?
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 345, June 2, 2022
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

Editors:
David McFarlane

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

Graphics:
Darth Biomech
Jeremy Jozwik
Udo Schroeter

Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator
also featuring "Moonstead" by Eric Smith (Rak)

What Are Ancestor Simulations... And Are We Living In One (Narration Only)

What Are Ancestor Simulations... And Are We Living In One

To get into space in a big way we need to be able to move vast amounts of people and cargo to space at a fraction of modern costs; tethered rings offer a potentially practical path to do that using only modern technology.
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Tethered Ring Space Launchers
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 359, September 8, 2022
Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

Written By:
Isaac Arthur
Phil Swan

Editors:
Alex Civitello
Ceana Prado Nickel

Cover Art by:
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Ervin Oprea
Jarred Eagley
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Isaac Arthur
Ken York
Katie Byrne
Phil Swan
Sergio Botero
Steve Bowers
Troy Moss

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Sergey Cheremisinov, "Sirius", "The Signals"
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Stellardrone, "Red Giant"
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Miguel Johsnon," "Far From Home"
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Aerium, "Fifth Star of Aldebaran"
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Tethered Ring Space Launchers (Narration Only)

In order to reach the stars we will need vastly more powerful engines for our spacecraft than modern rockets offer. Fortunately, when it comes to possible ship drives, the sky is not the limit.
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Advanced Spaceship Drive Compendium
Episode 385, March 9, 2023
Produced & Written by: Isaac Arthur

Narrated by:
Isaac Arthur
Sarah Fowler Arthur

Editors:
Darius Said
David McFarlane
Sarah Fowler Arthur

Music Courtesy of:
Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator
Markus Junnikkala, "A Memory of Earth" https://markusjunnikkala.com
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Aerium, "Fifth Star of Aldebaran" https://aeriumambient.bandcamp.com

▬ Spaceship Drive Index  ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
0:00 Intro
3:12 Alcubierre Drive
4:10 Antimatter Ablated Light Sail
5:06 Antimatter Catalyzed Fusion
6:13 Antimatter Rocket
8:12 Arcjet Rocket
9:15 Bias Drive
10:02 Black Hole Drive
11:23 Bussard Ramjet
14:04 Caplan Thruster
14:39 Chemical Rockets
16:24 Clarketech
17:30 Diametric Drive
18:51 Disjunction Drive
19:31 Electric Solar Wind Sail
21:26 Electrodynamic Tethering
22:59 EM Drive
24:15 Exhaust Velocity
26:03 Field Propulsion
26:34 FTL or Faster Than Light Drives
27:20 Fuel
27:59 Fusion Torch Drive
30:02 Gravitational Dipole
31:31 Gravitic Propulsion
32:58 Hall Effect Thruster
34:46 Hawking Radiation Drive
36:45 Helicon Double-Layer Thruster
37:22 Helios Drive
38:41 Hyperspace Jump Engine or Hyperdrive
40:09 Inertia Reduction Drive
41:39 Ion Drive
43:15 Krasnikov Tube
44:52 Laser Sail
47:21 Magnetic Solar Wind Sail
48:03 Magnetoplasmadynamic Thruster
49:41 Matter Beam
51:09 Medusa Drive
51:43 Microwave Electrothermal Thruster
52:57 Negative Mass Propulsion
54:25 Neutrino Rocket
56:08 Nova Drive
57:41 Nuclear Electric Ion Drive
57:11 Nuclear Lightbulb
58:09 Nuclear Pulse Drive
1:00:40 Nuclear Thermal Propulsion
1:02:19 Orion Drive
1:02:40 Oxidizer
1:03:10 Photon Rocket
1:05:48 Pitch Drive
1:06:38 Propellant

Advanced Spaceship Drive Compendium

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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AJ Prasad, "Staring Through"
Aerium, "Waters of Atlantis"

Colonizing Titan

We contemplate colonizing planets, but what about the stars themselves?
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Misho Yordanov
Murat Mamkegh
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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

Black Holes are often considered the greatest dangers to spaceships in science fiction, but they may turn out to be the perfect power source for future spaceships.

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Credits:
Generation Ships: Black Hole Ships
Episode 184, Season 5 E18

Written by:
Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Darius Said
Keith Blockus
Matthew Acker
Mark Warburton

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

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Kris Holland (Mafic Studios) www.maficstudios.com
LegionTech Studios https://hades9.com
Luca DeRosa
Mihail Yordanov

Produced & Narrated by:
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Markus Junnikkala, "Plotting a Course" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/
Denny Shneidemesser, "Light & Darkness" https://soundcloud.com/denny-schneidemesser
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Chris Zabriskie, "Readers Do You Read" http://chriszabriskie.com
Stellardrone, "Fermi Paradox" https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com
Ross Bugden, "City Lights" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQKGLOK2FqmVgVwYferltKQ
Markus Junnikkala, "We Roam the Stars" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/

Black Hole Ships

Interstellar travel is very time consuming, moving from star to star, but perhaps we could use stars themselves as spaceships, and move whole solar systems or even galaxies.
Today we'll look at how to use Shkadov Thrusters, novas, supernovae, black holes and quasars to move through space, literal starships.

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Generation Ships: Fleet of Stars
Episode 186, Season 5 E20

Written by:
Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Jerry Guern
Keith Blockus
Mark Warburton
Phonetic Failure
Sigmund Kopperud

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

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Mihail Yordanov
Sam McNamara
Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc

Produced & Narrated by:
Isaac Arthur

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Markus Junnikkala, "Plotting a Course" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/
Kai Engel, "Endless Story About Sun and Moon"  https://www.kai-engel.com/
Markus Junnikkala, "Always Tell Me the Odds" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/
Stellardrone, "Fermi Paradox" 
Lombus, "Time Slip" https://lombus.bandcamp.com https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com
Markus Junnikkala, "We Roam the Stars" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/

Fleet Of Stars

Space is an awesome place filled with virtually infinite wonders to explore, and human colonization will likely make far more. It may soon be possible for people to journey up to orbit as tourists, and in the more distant future this might become a vast trade, with tourism in Space Station Hotels or on the Moon or Mars or traveling to countless other planets, moons, asteroids, or megastructures.

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Credits:
Outward Bound: Space Tourism
Episode 194, Season 5 E29

Written by:
Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Jerry Guern
Matt Campbell

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

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Markus Junnikkala, "Hail the Victorious Dead" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/
Aerium, "Windmill Forests" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ
Markus Junnikkala, "Always tell me the odds" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/
Chris Zabriskie, "Stories about a world that once was" http://chriszabriskie.com
Paradox Interactive, "The Titan" https://www.paradoxplaza.com

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