We often envision filling space with vast megastructures people might live on in the future, and mining asteroids to provide the materials for their construction, but what would life as an Asteroid Miner be like?

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Life As An Asteroid Miner
Episode 466a; September 26, 2024
Produced, Narrated & Written: Isaac Arthur
Graphics:
Fishy Tree
Ian Long
Jeremy Jozwik
Mihail Yordanov
Space Resources CGI
Udo Schroeter
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Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator