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Megastructures of the future may range in size from cities to entire galaxies, and must be built to withstand damage and time, but how is this done and what happens when a megastructure dies?

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Megastructure Death
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 308, September 16, 2021
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

Editors:
A.T. Long
Curt Hartung
Jason Burbank
Jerry Guern
Keith Blockus

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

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Fishy Tree https://www.deviantart.com/fishytree/
Jarred Eagley
Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana
Justin Dixon
Katie Byrne
Ken York https://www.facebook.com/YDVisual/
Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc
Udo Schroeter
Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator

Megastructure Death

The Fermi Paradox asks us where all the alien civilizations are? Today we will ask if the might be hiding in the Voids, from those between the stars to the massive Supervoids like the Boötes Void. Could they be home to Extraterrestrial Empires so large they dwarf even Kardashev-3 Civilizations?
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The Fermi Paradox:Into the Void
Episode 160b, Season 4 E46b

Writer:
Isaac Arthur

Editors: 
A.T. Long
Darius Said
Keith Blockus
Matthew Campbell
Mark Warburton
Stuart Graham https://beyondnerva.wordpress.com

Producer: 
Isaac Arthur

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

Graphics Team:
Fishy Tree https://www.deviantart.com/fishytree/
Jarred Eagley
Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana
Ken York of YD Visual https://www.facebook.com/YDVisual/
Mihail Yordanov
Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc

Narrator:
Isaac Arthur

Music:
Lombus, "Cosmic Soup" https://lombus.bandcamp.com
A.J. Prasad, "Staring Through, pt 2" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA8-7qwaEPU

Fermi Paradox: Into The Void

A Moon Base may be built within a generation, but long term colonization will take many more. As more people travel and immigrate their, establishing more lunar colonies, tension between them and Earth could lead to conflicts and possibly even warfare.

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Battle for the Moon
Episode 160, Season 4 E46

Writers
Isaac Arthur

Editors
A.T. Long
Daniel McNamara
Darius Said
Edward Nardella
Jerry Guern
Keith Blockus
Matthew Acker
Matthew Campbell
Mark Warburton
Oliver Epsom
Steve Nixon
Stuart Graham https://beyondnerva.wordpress.com

Producer:
Isaac Arthur

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

Graphics Team
Fishy Tree https://www.deviantart.com/fishytree/
Gateway Foundation
Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana
Katie Byrne
Ken York of YD Visual https://www.facebook.com/YDVisual/
Kristijan Tavcar https://www.miragedereve.com
LegionTech Studios https://hades9.com
Mike Munt http://www.apogii.uk
Sergio Botero
Space Resources CGI

Narrator:
Isaac Arthur

Music Manager:
Luca DeRosa  - lucaderosa2@live.com

Music:
Ayreon, "Planet Y is Alive!" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCihO6uVisilu1mn4x2u-HOA
Kai Engel, "Endless Story About Sun and Moon"  https://www.kai-engel.com/
Aerium, "The Islands moved while I was Asleep" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ
Stellardrone, "Eternity" & "Breathe in the Light" https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com
Dracovallis, "For the King!" https://dracovallis.bandcamp.com/

Battle For The Moon

To journey across the stars requires voyages of centuries or more, ensuring the crew will be long dead by the time they arrive. If you want your crew available to colonize new worlds after their interstellar voyage, you either have to extend their lives, train their descendants, or freeze them till they arrive. We will examine the third option day, freezing people with cryonics, using hibernation, or suspended animation, or some other form of stasis the future might offer.
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Credits: Sleeper Ships
Episode 161, Season 4 E47

Writer: Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Daniel McNamara
Darius Said
Edward Nardella
Jerry Guern
Keith Blockus
Mark Warburton
Matthew Acker
Olly Epsom

Producer: Isaac Arthur

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

Graphics Team:
Bryan Versteeg http://spacehabs.com
Fishy Tree https://www.deviantart.com/fishytree/
Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana
Ken York of YD Visual https://www.facebook.com/YDVisual/
LegionTech Studios https://hades9.com
Mike Munt of Apogii http://www.apogii.uk
Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc

Narrator: Isaac Arthur

Music Manager: Luca DeRosa  - lucaderosa2@live.com

Music:
Markus Junnikkala, "Plotting a Course" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/
Dan MacLeod, "Deompression" & "Gravity Well" https://soundcloud.com/neptuneuk
Aerium, "The Darwin Project" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ
Lombus, "Amino" https://lombus.bandcamp.com
Markus Junnikkala, "Always Tell Me the Odds" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/

Sleeper Ships

Our planet is so enormous that it can often appear flat to those living on it, as time went on and we determined it was a sphere, many still chose to assume it was a flat disc. While this notion is outdated, it is possible to construct an artificial planet as a discworld, and such worldbuilding shapes may have some advantages over a sphere. In this episode we will examine a number of Flat Earth models and some variations on the theme, and see what advantages and disadvantages they have, along with the challenges in constructing them.

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Credits:
Megastructures: Flat Earths
Episode 162, Season 4 E48

Writers
Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Daniel McNamara
Darius Said
Keith Blockus
Matthew Acker

Producer:
Isaac Arthur

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

Graphics Team:
Bryan Versteeg http://spacehabs.com
Jarred Eagley
Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana
Justin Dixon
Katie Byrne
Ken York of YD Visual https://www.facebook.com/YDVisual/
Mike Munt of Apogii http://www.apogii.uk
Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc

Narrator:
Isaac Arthur

Music Manager:
Luca DeRosa  - lucaderosa2@live.com

Music:
Markus Junnikkala, "We Roam the Stars" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/
Dracovallis, "Black Sacrifice" https://dracovallis.bandcamp.com/
Chris Zabriskie, "The Temperature of the Air on the Bow of the Kaleetan" http://chriszabriskie.com
Kai Engel, "February"  https://www.kai-engel.com/
Serena Elis, "Science" https://soundcloud.com/serenaelis

Flat Earths

So often expanding into space can seem like a Catch-22, where every proposed idea for development can only be practical if space is already developed. Today we'll take a look at some potential options for pushing forward our orbital infrastructure such as asteroid mining or power satellites, and take a look at what other technologies and industries might start the avalanche to our future in space and on other planets.

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Credits:
Upward Bound: Kickstarting Space Industry
Episode 163, Season 4 E49

Writers
Isaac Arthur

Editors:
A.T. Long
Darius Said
Edward Nardella
Keith Blockus
Matthew Acker
Matthew Campbell
Sigmund Kopperud

Producer:
Isaac Arthur

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

Graphics Team:
Bryan Versteeg http://spacehabs.com
Fishy Tree https://www.deviantart.com/fishytree/
Gateway Foundation https://gatewayspaceport.com/
Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana
Katie Byrne
Ken York of YD Visual https://www.facebook.com/YDVisual/
Kris Holland (Mafic Studios) www.maficstudios.com
Mike Munt of Apogii http://www.apogii.uk
Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc
SpaceResourcesCGI

Narrator:
Isaac Arthur

Music Manager:
Luca DeRosa  - lucaderosa2@live.com

Music:
Sergey Cheremisinov, "Sirius" https://www.s-cheremisinov.com
Dan MacLeod, "Time Dilation" https://soundcloud.com/neptuneuk
Evan King, "Singularity" https://evanking.bandcamp.com/
Lombus, "Valles Marineris" https://lombus.bandcamp.com
Stellardrone, "Crystal Spheres" https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com
Martin Rezny, "Tempus Fugit" https://soundcloud.com/martin-re-n-1
Epic Mountain, "Circular" https://soundcloud.com/epicmountain

Kickstarting Space Industry

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In the future humanity might build structures of incomprehensible size and splendor, megastructures and artificial worlds, but somebody is going to have to build and maintain these feats of science and engineering and clean up all the orbital debris.

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Megatructure Maintenance & Space Janitors
Episode 199, Season 5 E34

Written by:
Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Jerry Guern
Keith Blockus
Mark Warburton
Olly Epsom

Cover Art:
Jakub Grygier

Graphics by:
Bryan Verteeg
Darth Biomech
Fishy Tree
Jarred Eagley
Jeremy Jozwik
Justin Dixon
Katie Byrne
Ken York
LegionTech Studios
Mike Munt of Apogii
Sergio Botero

Produced & Narrated by:
Isaac Arthur

Music Manager:
Luca DeRosa

Music:
Markus Junnikkala, "We Roam the Stars" 
Lombus, "Amino" 
Ross Bugden, "Ascension & "Interstellar" 
Stellardrone, "On A Beam Of Light" 
Aerium, "The Islands moved while I was asleep" Markus Junnikkala, "Always Tell Me The Odds"

Megastructure Maintenance & Space Janitors (Narration Only)

The Fermi Paradox ask us how in a Universe so vast and ancient we seem to be the only intelligent civilization around, with no older interstellar alien empires visible in the galaxy. But could extinction play a role in that, or might extinction events instead drive evolution forward?
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The Fermi Paradox: Exctinction
Episode 204, Season 5 E37

Written by:
Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Darius Said
Jerry Guern
Keith Blockus
S. Kopperud

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

Graphics by:
Bryan Versteeg http://spacehabs.com
Jarred Eagley
Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana
LegionTech Studios https://hades9.com
Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc
Tristan3D

Produced & Narrated by:
Isaac Arthur

Music Manager:
Luca DeRosa - lucaderosa2@live.com

Music:
Lombus, "Cosmic Soup" https://lombus.bandcamp.com
Aerium, "Farewell, photon" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ
Dan MacLeod, "Battle Formation" https://soundcloud.com/neptuneuk
Chris Zabriskie, "The Temperature of the Air on the Bow of the Kaleetan" http://chriszabriskie.com
Lombus, "Doppler Shores" https://lombus.bandcamp.com
Marcus Warner, "Ends of the Earth" https://marcuswarnermusic.bandcamp.com
Reign Pagaran, "Distant Voyager"

The Fermi Paradox: Extinction (Narration Only)

There's many dangerous places on Earth, and everywhere off Earth is downright lethal, from the emptiness of space to the airless and radiation soaked Moon to the smoldering inferno of Venus, humanity can't visit them without protection. We'll see what options for spacesuits are under works and what options might emerge for even better ones in the distant future.

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Credits:
Spacesuits & Extreme Environment Gear
Episode 206, Season 5 E41

Written by:
Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Darius Said
Jerry Guern
Keith Blockus
Mark Wabrurton

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

Graphics by:
Bryan Versteeg http://spacehabs.com
Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana
Ken York https://www.facebook.com/YDVisual/
Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc

Produced & Narrated by:
Isaac Arthur

Music Manager:
Luca DeRosa - lucaderosa2@live.com

Music:
Aerium, "Docking Manouvers" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ
Paradox Interactive, "Abyss" https://www.paradoxplaza.com
AJ Prasad of Dark Future, "Staring Through (Part I) "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA8-7qwaEPU
Sergey Cheremisinov, "Naive" https://www.s-cheremisinov.com
Lombus, "Time Slip" https://lombus.bandcamp.com
Reign Pagaran, "Distant Voyager"

Spacesuits (Narration Only)

The other side of the coin to all the new & future wonders we produce is what to do with them when they're old or broken. Today we examine the future of garbage, waste, and recycling.

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Credits:
Alien Civilizations: Non-Carbon Based Life
Episode 234, Season 6 E16

Written, Produced, and Narrated by:
Isaac Arthur

Editors:
S. Kopperud

Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator

The Future Of Garbage

Jupiter is an enormous gas giant, more massive than all the other planets in the solar system combined... and yet small compared to our Sun and other Stellar Objects. Could Jupiter be turned into a second sun via advanced technology?

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Credits:
Summer on Jupiter
Episode 241, June 4, 2020

Written by:
Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Darius Said
Jerry Guern

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

Graphics by:
Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana
Katie Byrne
Ken York of YD Visual https://www.facebook.com/YDVisual/
Kris Holland (Mafic Studios) www.maficstudios.com
Kristijan Tavcar https://www.miragedereve.com
Mihail Yordanov
Sam McNamara of Rapid Thrash
Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc
Tristan3D

Produced & Narrated by:
Isaac Arthur

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
Dan MacLeod, "Lucky" https://soundcloud.com/neptuneuk
Markus Junnikkala, "The Men Would love a good fight" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/
Lombus, "Doppler Shores" https://lombus.bandcamp.com
Paradox Interactive, "In Search of Life" https://www.paradoxplaza.com
Ross Bugden, "Revelation" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQKGLOK2FqmVgVwYferltKQ