Our future lies out among the planets and stars, but to climb out in to space we must take many steps to get off, and today we'll look at those first steps to becoming spacefaring species. From cheaper rockets & space stations to asteroid mining & defense to space tourism & commercialization, we've a long road ahead, but we have a roadmap.

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Becoming an Interplanetary Species: First Steps
Episode 246a; July 2, 2020

Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Darius Said
Derek Hightower
Jerry Guern
S. Kopperud

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Sergey Cheremisninov, "Sirius"
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Reign Pagaran, "Distant Voyager"
Aerium, "Fifth Star of Aldebaran"
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Denny Schneidemesser, "Across the Universe"
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Becoming an Interplanetary Species: First Steps (Narration Only)

Our solar system contains many planets, moons, and asteroid that we may one day call home, but the future might instead be artificial space habitats, stations, and megastructures of vast size and numbers, using all those celestial bodies as raw materials to be dismantled for construction.

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Let's Dismantle the Solar System!

Episode 247; July 16, 2020
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Darius Said
Jerry Guern
Matthew Acker
S. Kopperud
Daniel Paul Bobo

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

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Mihail Yordanov
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Udo Schroeter

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Markus Junnikkala, "We Roam the Stars" 
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Aerium, "Fifth Star of Aldebaran" & "Windmill Forests"
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Miguel Johnson, "So Many Stars" & "Into the Wormhole"
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Lets Dismantle The Solar System! (Narration Only)

If the Universe is inhabited by older alien civilizations, those who have ventured out to the stars and colonized galaxies, we would expect to see a footprint of extraterrestrial activity. Could the many stars whose brightness has dimmed be indicative of Dyson Spheres or other Megastructures? Could the Cosmic Voids vastly bigger than any galaxy be the work of even greater and older starfaring species?

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The Fermi Paradox: Disappearing Stars & Cosmic Voids
Episode 248; July 23, 2020

Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

Editors:
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Cooper de Ruiter
Daniel Paul Bobo
Keith Blockus

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Fermi Paradox Disappearing Stars & Cosmic Voids

Fermi Paradox Disappearing Stars & Cosmic Voids (Narration Only)

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SFIA Monthly Livestream 21 - July 26, 2020

Science fiction often shows us post-apocalyptic future civilizations with techno-barbarians running around in fur & hides but carrying laser weapons or other advanced technology. But how plausible is such a civilizations and what would it actually be like?

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Techno-Barbarians
Episode 249, July 30, 2020
Written, Produced, and Narrated by Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Darius Said
Jerry Guern
Konstantin Sokeri
S. Kopperud

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Techno-Barbarians

Techno-Barbarians (Narration Only)

Superconductors offer us a path to high-efficiency, low-loss power and energy, but the impact they'll have on our civilization through other technologies may be far greater, and we'll explore the science or superconductivity works and what future technology it will of us.

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The Impact of Superconductors
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 250; August 6, 2020
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

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Keith Blockus
S. Kopperud

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The Impact Of Superconductors (Narration Only)

The Impact Of Superconductors

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


Editors:
Jerry Guern
Keith Blockus


Cover Art:
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Udo Schroeter


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Markus Junnikkala, "We Roam the Stars" 
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Aerium, "Fifth Star of Aldebaran" & "Windmill Forests"
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Miguel Johnson, "So Many Stars" & "Into the Wormhole"
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