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Upward Bound

The first installment in a new series discussing alternative means of getting in space, from better rockets to massive structures like Space Elevators, Skyhooks, and Launch Loops.

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Music by
Intro/Outro:
Sergey Cheremisinov
"Sirius"
Kai Engel
"Endless Story about Sun and Moon"
Koalips
"Kvazar"
Frank Dorittke
"Morninglight"
Kevin MacLeod
"Spacial Winds"

Upward Bound: Getting into Space

In this episode we examine the concept of a Space Elevator, a popular piece of developing technology designed to lift people and cargo into space at a fraction of normal launch costs. We will look at technology as well as many of the misconceptions about Space Elevators which have emerged.

Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/dc8_AuzeYKE

"The physics of the space elevator", P. K. Aravind:
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/d402/ba5f97884b7398ae2a1ff79136f9c1a03993.pdf

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Music by
Intro/Outro:
Sergey Cheremisinov
"Sirius"
Kai Engel
"Endless Story about Sun and Moon"
Koalips
"Kvazar"
Frank Dorittke
"Morninglight"
Kevin MacLeod
"Spacial Winds"
Lombus
"Amino"
Cory Gray
"Technological 1"

Upward Bound: Space Elevators

In this episode we examine the Skyhooks and Rotovators, technology designed to lift grab spaceplanes or rockets at far slower speeds than normal and lift them into space at a fraction of normal launch costs. 

Watch the video: https://youtu.be/TlpFzn_Y-F0

Boeing's "Hypersonic Airplane Space Tether Orbital Launch -- HASTOL":
http://www.niac.usra.edu/files/library/meetings/annual/jun01/391Grant.pdf

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Music by:
Intro/Outro:
Sergey Cheremisinov
"Sirius"
Kai Engel
"Endless Story about Sun and Moon"
Koalips
"Kvazar"
Frank Dorittke
"Morninglight"
Kevin MacLeod
"Spacial Winds"
Lombus
"Amino"

Upward Bound: Skyhooks

This episode feature Mass Drivers, Space Guns, and other means of rapidly accelerating a spaceship up to orbital speeds without a rocket. We will explore the basic concepts, the engineering issues, and the potential cost & safety advantages & disadvantages along with how these devices can be used in tandem with other systems we have looked at.

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Music by:
Sergey Cheremisinov, "Sirius"
Kai Engel, "Endless Story about Sun and Moon"
Koalips, "Kvazar"
Frank Dorittke, "Morninglight"
Kai Engel, "December"
Kevin MacLeod, "Spacial Winds"
Lombus, "Amino"

Mass Drivers

In this episode we'll be looking at improvements to rocket systems, with the main focus on re-usability. We will also look a bit deeper at rocketry principles, at some other improvements and alternative uses for rockets, such as oceanic launches, and discuss Metallic Hydrogen, a potential game changing fuel.

Watch the  video version: https://youtu.be/WPh2jUKTKCA

Isaac Silvera papers
2010 Metallic Hydrogen basic theory paper
https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/9569212/Silvera_Metallic.pdf?sequence=2
2011 NASA Phase 1 Final Report:
https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/files/Silvera_FinalReport.pdf
2017 Harvard Gazette interview with Silvera:
http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2017/01/a-breakthrough-in-high-pressure-physics/

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Music by
Intro/Outro:
Sergey Cheremisinov
"Sirius"
Kai Engel
"Endless Story about Sun and Moon"
Koalips
"Kvazar"
Frank Dorittke
"Morninglight"
Kai Engel
"December"
Kevin MacLeod
"Spacial Winds"
Lombus
"Amino"

Reusable Rockets

The ability to be able to copy or upload the mind has been discussed much in science fiction, and increasingly in science in recent years. Today we will examine many additional uses of Mind Uploading, along with how it works and some of its implications for concepts like Consciousness, Identity, and Individuality. We will also explore how these themes appear in Dennis E. Taylor's newest novel, The Singularity Trap, our Book of the Month.

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Credits:

Writers:
Isaac Arthur

Editors: 
Dennis E. Taylor http://dennisetaylor.org
Jerry Guern
Keith Blockus
Mark Warburton
Sigmund Kopperud

Producer:
Isaac Arthur

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

Graphics Team: 
Jarred Eagley
Jeremy Jozwik
Ken York
Kristijan Tavar
LegionTech Studios https://hades9.com

Narrator
Isaac Arthur
Dennis E. Taylor

Music Manager:
Luca De Rosa  - lucaderosa2@live.com

Music:
Denny Shneidemesser, "Imminence" https://soundcloud.com/denny-schneidemesser
Chris Zabriskie, "Candlepower" http://chriszabriskie.com
Lombus, "Time Slip" https://lombus.bandcamp.com
A.J. Prasad, "Staring Through (Part I)" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA8-7qwaEPU
Stellardrone, "Maia Nebula" https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com
Aerium, "Parks" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ
Epic Mountain, "Space Travel" https://soundcloud.com/epicmountain

Mind Uploading

A look at the possibility of future civilizations rising and falling. 
It's long been observed that empires tend to rise and fall in a seeming cycle, never identical but sharing many similarities. Today we will examine the idea that this may be the reason that we have encountered no advanced civilizations in our own galaxy, and that the solution the Fermi Paradox, as to why we have seen no alien civilizations, may be that they are caught in a perpetual loop. Unable or unwilling to use technology which might allow them to travel the cosmos. We will also consider if such a loop may await us, or that we are already in it.

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Credits:
The Fermi Paradox: Cyclic Apocalypses
Season 4, Episode 24

Writers:
Isaac Arthur

Editors
A.T. Long
Darius Said
Dillon Olander
Keith Blockus
Mark Warburton

Producer:
Isaac Arthur

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

Graphics Team:
Darth Biomech
Justin Dixon
LegionTech Studios https://hades9.com
Kristijan Tavar

Narrator:
Isaac Arthur - lucaderosa2@live.com

Music Manager:
Luca De Rosa

Music:
Miguel Johnson, "Attack on the Colonies" https://soundcloud.com/migueljohnsonmjmusic
Stellardrone, "A Moment Of Stillness" https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com
Kai Engel, "Endless Story About Sun and Moon"  https://www.kai-engel.com/
Miguel Johnson, "The Endless Dark" https://soundcloud.com/migueljohnsonmjmusic
Markus Junnikkala, "Always Tell Me The Odds" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/
Lombus, "Hydrogen Sonata" https://lombus.bandcamp.com
H.S. Crow, "Night King" https://www.hscrowofficial.com
Brandon Liew, "Into the Storm" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ2I19QUIXA

Cyclic Apocalypses

Technology may one day grant us a Utopia in which virtually all tasks are performed by robots and artificial intelligence. In such a post-scarcity civilization, people may have difficulty finding a purpose to existence. Today we will explore how this may come about, what the consequences of this existential threat might be, and what purposes people may find for themselves in such a  future.

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Credits:
Post-Scarcity Civilizations: Purpose
ep 140 Season 4, Episode 26

Writers:
Isaac Arthur

Editors:
A.T. Long
Darius Said
Dillon Olander 
Jerry Guern
Justin Dixon
Mark Warburton
Matthew  Acker
Matthew Campbell


Producer:
Isaac Arthur

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

Graphics Team
Jeremy Jozwik
Justin Dixon
Ken York
Kristijan Tavcar

Narrator
Isaac Arthur

Music Manager:
Luca De Rosa  - lucaderosa2@live.com

Music:
Dracovallis, "Cynthia" https://dracovallis.bandcamp.com/
Stellardrone, "Breathe In The Light" https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com
Kai Engel, "Endless Story About Sun and Moon"  https://www.kai-engel.com/
Chris Zabriskie, "A New Day in a New Sector" http://chriszabriskie.com
Kai Engel, "Morbid_Imagination"  https://www.kai-engel.com/
Aerium, "The Islands moved while I was asleep" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ
Lombus, "Cosmic Soup" https://lombus.bandcamp.com
Brandon Liew, "Into the Storm" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ2I19QUIXA

Purpose

A visit to Ceres and the Asteroid Belt.
Ceres, a dwarf planet amid the Asteroid Belt, hold the potential to be the hub of a vast mining and manufacturing network in the Belt, as well as potentially growing the food to support future colonists. Today we'll look at colonizing Ceres and asteroid mining, faming in space, and a potential distant future of a developed asteroid belt.

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Credits:
Outward Bound: Colonizing Ceres
141 Season 4 Episode 26

Writers
Isaac Arthur

Editors
A.T. Long
Derek Hightower
Evan Schultheis
Jerry Guern
Keith Blockus
Mark Warburton
Oliver Epsom
Sigmund Kopperud
Stuart Graham

Producer:
Isaac Arthur

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

Graphics Team:
Jarred Eagley
Jeremy Jozwik
Justin Dixon
Ken York
Kristijan Tavcar
Kris Holland (Mafic Studios) www.maficstudios.com
LegionTech Studios https://hades9.com
Sam MacNamara
Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc

Narrator:
Isaac Arthur

Music Manager:
Luca De Rosa  - lucaderosa2@live.com

Music:
Markus Junnikkala, "Hail the Victorious Dead" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/
Kai Engel, "Endless Story About Sun and Moon"  https://www.kai-engel.com/
Stellardrone, "Last Day On Earth" https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com
Epic Mountain, "Rising Sky" https://soundcloud.com/epicmountain
Aerium, "The Islands moved while I was asleep" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ
Phase Shift, "Forest Night" https://www.last.fm/music/Phase+Shift/_/Enigmatic
Lombus, "Amino" https://lombus.bandcamp.com

Colonizing Ceres

Today we will begin our look at the spaceships we might use for colonizing interstellar space in the future. In order to cover the vast distances between even the nearest stars in our galaxy within the boundaries of known physics, we need vessels able to voyage at high speeds for very long periods of time while carrying everything they need to colonize another solar system, a concept typically known as a space ark or generation ship. We will explore the challenges and options for such a vessel, as well as some alternative approaches to the problem.

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Credits:
Generation Ships
142, Season 4 Episode 27

Writers
Isaac Arthur

Editors
A.T. Long
Darius Said
Evan Schultheis
Jerry Guern
Keith Blockus
Mark Warburton
Sigmund Kopperud

Producer
Isaac Arthur

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

Graphics Team: 
Jarred Eagley
Jeremy Jozwik
Katie Byrne
Kristijan Tavcar
Sam McNamara https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc
Sergio Botero

Narrator:
Isaac Arthur

Music Manager: 
Luca De Rosa  - lucaderosa2@live.com

Music:
Markus Junnikkala, "Plotting a Course" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/
Phase Shift, "Forest Night" https://www.last.fm/music/Phase+Shift/_/Enigmatic
Aerium, "The Islands moved while I was asleep" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ
Stellardrone, "Between the Rings" https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com
Denny Shneidemesser, "Constellations" https://soundcloud.com/denny-schneidemesser
Koalips, "Kvazar"  http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Koalips/
Ayreon, "The Theory of Everything" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCihO6uVisilu1mn4x2u-HOA

Generation Ships

For today's 2-part episode we team again with John Michael Godier to discuss the future of humanity should we head out to colonize the galaxy and find it empty, and how we might end up encountering aliens even then.
Watch Part 2: https://youtu.be/tbvmxo90F9I
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Credits:
Galactic Humanity & the Fermi Paradox, part 1
Episode 143, Season 4, E28

Writers
Isaac Arthur
John Micheal Godier

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

Graphics Team:
Dath Biomech
Jarred Eagley
Jeremy Jozwik
Justin Dixon
Ken York
Kristijan Tavcar
LegionTech Studios https://hades9.com
Mihail Yordanov
Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc

Narrators:
Isaac Arthur
John Michael Godier

Music:
Lombus, "Cosmic Soup" https://lombus.bandcamp.com
Denny Schneidemesser, "Luminous Rays" https://soundcloud.com/denny-schneidemesser
Aerium, "Fifth Star from Aldebran" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ
Miguel Johnson, "So Many Stars" https://soundcloud.com/migueljohnsonmjmusic
Lombus, "Hydrogen Sonata" https://lombus.bandcamp.com

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Galactic Humanity And The Fermi Paradox

As automation improves, what careers will be left for people?

Since the advent of technology, there have been concerns about it replacing jobs and leaving people without an income. Technological disruption has often eliminated entire industries. However, new fields of employment have always arisen to replace those, typically focusing more on training and skills, as machines have no minds and little flexibility. While artificial intelligence may one day change that, today we will examine what sort of jobs might be available to people in the future.

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Credits:
Jobs of the Future
Episode 147, Season 4 E33

Writers:
Isaac Arthur

Editors:
A.T. Long
Dillon Olander
Evan Schultheis
Jerry Guern
Keith Blockus
Mark Warburton
Matthew Acker
Sam MacNamara
Stuart Graham
Sigmund Kopperud
Matthew Campbell

Producer:
Isaac Arthur

Cover Artist:
Jakub Grygier

Graphics Team:
Ariesticnig
Jarred Eagley
Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana

Narrator:
Isaac Arthur

Music Manager:
Luca DeRosa  - lucaderosa2@live.com

Music:
Stellardrone, "Airglow" https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com
Chris Zabriskie, "Stories About the World That Once Was" http://chriszabriskie.com
Markus Junnikkala, "Dark Pact" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/
Stellardrone, "A Moment Of Stillness" https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com
N.J. Mandaville, "Intrumental Background 1" https://soundcloud.com/nj-mandaville

Jobs Of The Future

Could we grow our foods in the heavens rather than on the earth?
In order to do serious exploration and colonization of space, we will need a source of food beyond Earth. But can we go beyond simply small hydroponic gardens to entire vast space farms in orbit of our planet, and could those farming on satellites and space stations eventually replace earth-based agriculture as our main food source at home?

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Upward Bound: Space Farming
Episode 148, Season 4 E34

Writers
Isaac Arthur

Editors
A.T. Long
Darius Said
Keith Blockus
Mark Warburton
Matthew Acker
Sigmund Kopperud

Producer
Isaac Arthur

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

Graphics Team
Ariesticnig
Bryan Versteeg http://spacehabs.com
Jarred Eagley
Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana
Katie Byrne
Ken York https://www.facebook.com/YDVisual/
Kris Holland (Mafic Studios) www.maficstudios.com
Kristijan Tavcar
LegionTech Studios https://hades9.com
Mihail Yordanov
Sam McNamara
Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc

Narrator
Isaac Arthur

Music Manager:
Luca DeRosa  - lucaderosa2@live.com

Music:
Sergey Cheremisinov, "Sirius" https://www.s-cheremisinov.com
Miguel Johnson, "So Many Stars" https://soundcloud.com/migueljohnsonmjmusic
Aerium, "Fifth Star of Aldebaran" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ
Sergey Cheremisinov, "Labyrinth" https://www.s-cheremisinov.com
A.J. Prasad, "Cold Shadow" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA8-7qwaEPU
Markus Junnikkala, "A Memory of Earth" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/

Space Farming

Drones are becoming more common for military, commercial, and recreational purposes, today we will explore how these will impact us in the near future and far, for peace and warfare, on Earth and in the void of space. 
We will also examining the fundamental differences in the problems and challenges drones represent compared to more mentally sophisticated artificial intelligences or robots.

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Credits:
Attack of the Drones
Episode 151, Season 4 E37

Writers:
Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Darius Said
Gregory Leal https://www.gregschool.org/
Jerry Guern
Keith Blockus
Mark Warburton
Matthew Acker
Matthew Campbell
Stuart Graham https://beyondnerva.wordpress.com

Producer
Isaac Arthur

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

Graphics Team:
Blackhammer
Darth Biomech https://www.artstation.com/darth_biomech
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Kris Holland (Mafic Studios) www.maficstudios.com
LegionTech Studios https://hades9.com

Narrator: 
Isaac Arthur

Music Manager:
Luca DeRosa  - lucaderosa2@live.com

Music:
Dracovallis, "Love and the Devil" https://dracovallis.bandcamp.com/
Chris Zabriskie, "Itasca Its Glowing Red Hot" http://chriszabriskie.com
Stellardrone, "Eternity" https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com
Kai Engel, "Endless Story About Sun and Moon"  https://www.kai-engel.com/
Aerium, "The Darwin project" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ
Lombus, "Doppler Shores" https://lombus.bandcamp.com
Markus Junnikkala, "We Roam The Stars" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/

Attack Of The Drones

A look at Neptune, a potential gateway to the stars...
The Icy Giants, Neptune and Uranus, are often overlooked for as candidates for colonizing our solar system. Even when noted, the focus tends to be on their larger moons like Triton. Today we will challenge that notion by looking at way we might place a colony on the planet itself, and how Orbital Rings and Chandelier Cities might let us colonize any gas giant. We will also look at how helium-3, a core ingredient of aneutronic fusion abundant on Neptune, might serve as the fuel of future starships, and the physics behind some other starship drives future science might give us access to, such as laser propulsion.

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Credits:
Outward Bound: Colonizing Neptune
Episode 152, Season 4 E38

Writers:
Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Darius Said
Gregory Leal https://www.gregschool.org/gregschoollessons/orbital-rings-and-planet-building
Jerry Guern
Keith Blockus
Mark Warburton
Matthew Acker
Sigmund Kopperud

Producer
Isaac Arthur

Cover Artist:
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Graphics Team:
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Katie Byrne
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Kit Carson
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Kris Holland (Mafic Studios) www.maficstudios.com
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Sergio Boterio https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc

Narrator:
Isaac Arthur 

Music Manager:
Luca DeRosa   - lucaderosa2@live.com

Music:
Markus Junnikkala, "Hail the Victorious Dead" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/
Serena A, "Science"
Stellardrone, "Cepheid" https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com
Chris Zabriskie,"We Were Never Meant to Live Here" http://chriszabriskie.com
Aerium, "Fifth star of Aldebaran" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ
NJ Mandaville, "Swell" https://soundcloud.com/nj-mandaville

Colonizing Neptune

We often worry about the possibility of a civilization developing methods of brainwashing to indoctrinate its population and turning into a totalitarian dictatorship. We will examine both existing and possible future methods and technologies for mind control, such as neuro-hacking and genetic programming, as well as the possible defenses against such brainwashing and implications it has for civilization.

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Credits:
Brainwashing & Mind Control
Episode 153, Season 4 E39

Writers:
Isaac Arthur
Justin Dixon

Editors:
Darius Said
Jerry Guern
Keith Blockus
Matthew Acker
Matthew Campbell

Producer:
Isaac Arthur

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

Graphics Team:
Darth Biomech https://www.artstation.com/darth_biomech
Fishy Tree https://www.deviantart.com/fishytree/
Ken York https://www.facebook.com/YDVisual/
LegionTech Studios https://hades9.com

Narrator:
Isaac Arthur

Music Manager:
Luca DeRosa  - lucaderosa2@live.com

Music:
Dracovallis, "City in Ruins" https://dracovallis.bandcamp.com/
Ayreon, "Singularity, Love and Envy" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCihO6uVisilu1mn4x2u-HOA
Markus Junnikkala, "Method In The Madness" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/
Kai Engel, "Aspirato"  https://www.kai-engel.com/
Ross Budgen, "Revelation" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQKGLOK2FqmVgVwYferltKQ
Sergey Cheremisinov, "Forgotten Stars" https://www.s-cheremisinov.com
A.J. Prasad, "Staring Through (Part II)" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA8-7qwaEPU
Ayreon, "Unification, The Note" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCihO6uVisilu1mn4x2u-HOA
Brandon Liew, "Into the Storm" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ2I19QUIXA

Brainwashing

Could the future of humanity be at sea?
Our seas and oceans have long been central to human civilization, while at the same time we built dikes and islands to reclaim land. As technology improves, we may see even more ambitious efforts in the future. In the episode we will explore the options, both for ways we may extend our civilization to the sea and the motives of doing so. We will also look at seasteads and seasteading, artificial islands built in international waters with the intent of being new, sovereign nations.

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Credits:
Earth 2.0: Seasteading & Artificial Islands
Episode 154, Season 4 E40

Writers:
Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Darius Said
Evan Schultheis
Jerry Guern
Keith Blockus
Matthew  Acker
Mark Warburton

Producer:
Isaac Arthur

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

Graphics Team:
Fishy Tree https://www.deviantart.com/fishytree/
Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana
Justin Dixon
Ken York of YD Visual https://www.facebook.com/YDVisual/

Narrator:
Isaac Arthur

Music Manager:
Luca DeRosa  - lucaderosa2@live.com

Music:
Denny Schneidemesser, "Across the Universe" https://soundcloud.com/denny-schneidemesser
Markus Junnikkala, "Always Tell Me The Odds" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/
Stellardrone, "On A Beam Of Light, Outrospace" https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com
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
Serena Elis, "Between the space" https://soundcloud.com/serenaelis
Ross Bugden, "Legend of Styk" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQKGLOK2FqmVgVwYferltKQ

Seasteading

A Journey to the Edge of Time and Space
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As we continue our look at Generation Ships, vast vessels designed to carry many thousands of colonists to distant and alien worlds centuries away, we must ask just how far and how long such ships can be made to last? Can space ships be made that will endure even longer voyages of thousands or even millions of years in the void of interstellar or even intergalactic space? Will ships, and their crews, fall apart or turn into Cargo Cults who no longer remember how their technology functions or what their mission was?

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Credits:  
Generation Ships: The Million Year Ark
Episode 155, S4E41

Writers: 
Isaac Arthur  

Editors: 
Darius Said 
Derek Hightower 
Gregory Leal https://www.gregschool.org/
Jerry Guern 
Keith Blockus 
Mark Warburton 
Sigmund Kopperud  

Graphics: 
Fishy Tree https://www.deviantart.com/fishytree/
Jarred Eagley 
Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana
Justin Dixon 
Krisitijan Tavcar https://www.miragedereve.com
LegionTech Studios https://hades9.com
Sam McNamara 
Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc

Producer: 
Isaac Arthur  

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

Narrator:
Isaac Arthur

Music Manager:
Luca De Rosa  - lucaderosa2@live.com

Music:
Markus Junnikkala, “Plotting a Course" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/
Stellardrone, "Between The Rings" & "Edge of Forever" https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com
Chris Zabriskie, "Mario Bava Sleeps In a Little Later Than He Expected To" http://chriszabriskie.com
Koalips, “Kvazar"  http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Koalips/
Aerium, "Deiljocht" (ft. Sieger) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ
Ayreon, “The Theory of Everything Part 1" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCihO6uVisilu1mn4x2u-HOA

The Million Year Ark

A look at environments and ecology on truly massive space stations.
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As we expand in space and build ever large space stations, true space habitats, we will need to incorporate ecosystems into them. However, such space habitats will have their own weather and cycles unlike those of Earth, and we will need to adapt to those unique conditions, which will vary by size and type. Today we will look at everything from smaller rotating habitats like Kaplana One and O'Neill Cylinders to vast structures such as Ringworlds, Supramundane Planets, Mega-Earths, and see the unique challenges each of them will offer us in the future.

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Credits:
Upward Bound:
The Environments of Space Habitats
Episode 157, Season 4 E43

Writers
Daniel McNamara
Isaac Arthur
Laura Graham
Mark Warburton
Stuart Graham https://beyondnerva.wordpress.com

Editors:
A.T. Long
Gregory Leal https://www.gregschool.org/
Jerry Guern
Keith Blockus
Matthew Campbell
Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc
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/
Jarred Eagley 
Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana
Justin Dixon
Katie Byrne
Ken York https://www.facebook.com/YDVisual/
Mihail Yordanov
Mike Munt http://www.apogii.uk
Sam McNamara
Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc

Narrator:
Isaac Arthur

Music Manager:
Luca DeRosa  - lucaderosa2@live.com

Music:
Sergey Cheremisinov, "Sirius" https://www.s-cheremisinov.com
Stellardrone, "Belt of Orion" https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com
Kai Engel, "Endless Story abut Sun and Moon" https://www.kai-engel.com/
Aerium, "Drowned Holodecks" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ
Serena Ellis, "Science" https://soundcloud.com/serenaelis
Stellardrone, "A Moment of Stillness" https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com

The Environments Of Space Habitats

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Our deserts have been slowly expanding, consuming arable land and neighboring ecosystems. Can we push them back, or even turn them into lush oases and fertile farmland? We will investigate the available options, and consequences, with both modern technology and those which may emerge in the future.

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Credits:
Earth 2.0: Reclaiming the Deserts
Episode 159, Season 4 E45

Writers:
Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Alberto Imbrosciano
Daniel McNamara
Darius Said
Edward Nardella
Gregory Leal https://www.gregschool.org/
Jerry Guern
Keith Blockus
Matthew Campbell

Producer:
Isaac Arthur

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

Graphics Team:
Jarred Eagley 
Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana
Ken York of YD Visual https://www.facebook.com/YDVisual/
Kris Holland (Mafic Studios) www.maficstudios.com
Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc

Narrator:
Isaac Arthur

Music Manager: 
Luca DeRosa   - lucaderosa2@live.com

Music:
Denny Schneidemesser, "Across the Universe" https://soundcloud.com/denny-schneidemesser
Aerium, "Drowned Holodecks" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ
A.J. Prasad, "Dark Future" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA8-7qwaEPU
Kai Engel, "Endless Story About Sun and Moon"  https://www.kai-engel.com/

Reclaiming The Deserts

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

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Isaac Arthur

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Darius Said
Keith Blockus
Matthew Acker

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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

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Isaac Arthur

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

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Isaac Arthur

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Kickstarting Space Industry

Many believe humanity's lies among the stars, colonizing distant planets around alien suns, or perhaps building artificial worlds, space habitats, and megastructures. But what if instead of traveling to worlds far away in outer space we create virtual worlds to live in instead, colonizing inner space? We will explore this possibility of simulated universes and what it might mean for humanity, and also ask if this might be a solution to the Fermi Paradox, the strange absence of other life in our own universe.

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The Fermi Paradox & Virtual Worlds: Colonizing Inner Space
Episode 167, Season 5 E01

Written by:
Isaac Arthur

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Alex Chamak
A.T. Long
Cooper de Ruiter
D. Hemanshi
Darius Said
Edward Nardella
Evan Schultheis
Keith Blockus
Mark Warburton
Matthew Acker
Safia Postgate
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Sigmund Kopperud
Matthew Campbell

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Mihail Yordanov
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Isaac Arthur

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Eric Schneider

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The Fermi Paradox &  Virtual Worlds: Colonizing Inner Space

Fire is often considered the foundation of human technology, but there may be many worlds on which it would not be likely to practical, such an ocean planets, and on which intelligent life like Dolphins might emerge. Could such worlds host technological civilizations anyway? Or would they be forever stuck at little to no technology?

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The Fermi Paradox: Could Technology Develop Without Fire?
Episode 220a

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Fermi Paradox: Could Technology Develop Without Fire

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
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Mihail Yordanov

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Nomadic Space-Based Civilizations

Our galaxy likely contains trillions of worlds, and perhaps none we could live on without great effort to make them like Earth. To colonize these worlds, to make them settlements for our descendants in the future, we must first terraform them.

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Terraforming: Forging New Worlds
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 268a: December 13, 2020
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

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Jerry Guern
Jason Burbank
Keith Blockus
S. Kopperud

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Terraforming: Forging New Worlds

Kardashev-2 Civilizations are hypothetical empires which encompass entire stars, with access to billions of times the energy Earth has, often seen as builders of megastructures like Dyson Spheres. But could civilizations with only the technology we have become Kardashev-2?

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Credits:
Low-Tech Kardashev-2 Civilizations
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 270: December 24, 2020
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

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Darius Said
Jason Burbank
Keith Blockus

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Low-Tech Kardashev-2 Civilizations

As we move into space we prepare not just to settle the Moon and Mars, but stretch our reach out to other stars and settle the galaxy, becoming an interstellar species.

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Becoming an Interstellar Species
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 271; December 31, 2020
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

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Matthew Campbell
Jason Burbank
Keith Blockus

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