Our future in space may be one of millions or even trillions of vast space station, space habitats, and megastructures. How would a space-faring civilization going about traveling around such an immense solar empire?

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Coming and Going: Navigating Space Between Megastructures
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 251; August 13, 2020
Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur


Written by:
Isaac Arthur
Jerry Guern
Tristan Underwood


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Jerry Guern
Keith Blockus


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Coming and Going: Navigating Space Between Megastructures

One possible solution to the Fermi Paradox, the big question of where all the aliens are, is that some ancient galactic disaster wiped out extraterrestrial civilizations, and we're among the first to arrive back on the spacefaring scene.

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Credits:
The Fermi Paradox: Galactic Disasters
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 252; August 20, 2020
Written, Produced, and Narrated by Isaac Arthur

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Darius Said
Jerry Guern

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The Fermi Paradox: Galactic Disasters

Over the centuries humanity has tried many versions of government and many variations on each type, today we will examine how technology and space colonization might impact what types of governments we use in the future.

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Government Types of the Future
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 253; August 27, 2020
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

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Dillon Olander 
Jerry Guern
Konstantin Sokerin
Matthew Campbell

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Government Types of the Future

Government Types of the Future (Narration Only)

Our monthly livestream Q&A session For August 2020

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SFIA Monthly Livestream 22 - August 30, 2020

Spaceships and fleets of the future may host their own unique civilizations of nomads, traveling the space lanes or venturing deep into interstellar space to colonize the galaxy or flee peril. What would such cultures be like?

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Nomadic Space-Based Civilizations
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 254; September 3, 2020
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

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Jerry Guern
S. Kopperud

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Nomadic Space-Based Civilizations

Nomadic Space-Based Civilizations (Narration Only)

To travel to other planets, we will first have to build up are infrastructure closer to home, in orbit of Earth. The best place to get all the mass for those space stations and rocket fuel depots is from the Moon, and we'll examine the milestones we'll need to reach to start lunar resource harvesting and building up space settlements.

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Colonizing Cislunar Space and the Lagrange Points
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 255; September 10, 2020
Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

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Isaac Arthur
Jerry Guern
Keith Blockus

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Colonizing Cislunar Space And The Lagrange Points (Narration Only)

Nuclear Fission was once hailed as the solution to our power & energy needs, but has grown unpopular of fears of radiation, meltdowns, and radioactive waste. However, advances in science and reactor design may make atomic energy safer and more attractive in the future.

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The Future of Fission
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 256; September 17, 2020
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

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Cass Graham
Jerry Guern
Keith Blockus
S. Kopperud

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The Future Of Fission

The Future Of Fission (Narration Only)

The genesis and origin of life may require a very rare and delicate mixture of certain chemicals. One of those is phosphorus, and trying to figure out how we ever got enough of it in Earth's primordial soup for life to form in the first place has long puzzled scientists. We will also discuss the recent discovery of Phosphine Gas in Venus's Atmosphere

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The Fermi Paradox: The Phosphorus Problem
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 257; September 24 20, 2020
Produced, and Narrated by Isaac Arthur
Written by Isaac Arthur & Jerry Guern

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Mark Warburton
S. Kopperud

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