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Interstellar Colonization Compendium
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Interstellar Colonization Compendium
Episode 455; July 11, 2024
Produced & Written: Isaac Arthur
Narrated by: Isaac Arthur & Sarah Fowler Arthur
Editor: Donagh Broderick
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0:00:00 Intro
0:02:43 Table of Contents
0:04:27 Motivations
0:06:03 Exploration
0:07:43 Population Growth
0:13:12 Resources
0:14:53 Long Term Safety
0:16:20 Escape
0:19:30 Funding & Investment
0:26:32 Spaceship Drives
0:32:08 Ion Drive
0:33:49 Orion Drive
0:34:46 Fusion Drive
0:37:15 Black Hole Drive
0:38:53 Beaming Systems
0:43:09 Ship Types
0:45:26 Faster Than Light Ships
0:46:49 Micro-Jump Ships
0:49:49 Generation Ships
0:59:09 Sleeper Ships
1:05:17 Methuselah Ships
1:10:25 Gardener Ships
1:15:58 Von Neumann Probes
1:18:42 Seed Ships
1:22:18 Data Ships
1:24:29 Ship Shape & Collisions
1:27:22 Collector Ships
1:30:25 Planet Ships
1:32:09 Hybrid Ships
1:34:05 Colonization Strategies
1:35:25 Lowest Hanging Fruit
1:37:58 Percolation Theory
1:40:28 Backfilling Systems
1:42:05 Closest Available System
1:44:31 Crawlonizing
1:49:14 Gardener Chains & Cones
1:51:03 Automated Vanguard
1:54:12 Central Collection
1:55:29 FTL & Multiverse Strategies
1:57:53 Early Settlement
1:59:07 Planets vs Moons
2:00:44 Aurora Effect
2:03:03 Orbital Infrastructure
2:04:42 Getting Neighbors
2:07:16 Solar Economy
2:08:19 Sending Out New Arks
2:10:40 Sponsor
2:11:58 Schedule
2:12:56 Outro
@Imagine_Beyond Ай бұрын
We need a science and futurism tech tree. It should include all technologies from reuseable rockets to building stars and red mega clusters. That would be epic.
@tomarmadiyer2698 Ай бұрын
I need this mod in every game. 4x, flight sim, transport sim... All of em
@ionsilver557 Ай бұрын
I'm now exercising and trying to live a healthier life to step on the staircase of extended lifespan, to increase my probability of seeing The SFIA Compendium Compendium one day.
@amysteriousviewer3772 Ай бұрын
I cannot express in words how grateful I am for your content.
@InoceramusGigas Ай бұрын
Good morning Isaac! Thanks for continuing to produce these episodes; a staple in many of our lives.
@isaacarthurSFIA Ай бұрын
Thanks for watching :)
@Roguescienceguy Ай бұрын
As per tradition. Isaac has deployed the wifebot for the different chapters👍
@SkyFly19853 Ай бұрын
I really wish entire planet could concentrate its resources and efforts into colonization of Space, instead of destroying each other...
@johndoe7901 Ай бұрын
Many of us do, unfortunately it seems war, and greed will remain with us for some time.
@j-twd930 Ай бұрын
But space warfare is based...Imagine waiting days and days just for your missiles to hit and depressurize another floating metal can in space only for it to be aimbotted out of the -sky- (space?) by said target's lasers
@bassmanjr100 Ай бұрын
Why? There is no benefit to putting 1000s of people into space now or the near future. It makes an interesting story, but we don't have trillions of dollars to spend just to put a few hundred people on the moon, for example. There are the moon they would be in constant danger and completely dependent on people on earth for everything and it would cost enormous amounts of money. We have young children all over the world who don't have enough food, poor housing, no heat or air conditioning, and drinking dirty water. Putting wealthy, highly educated, privileged people up in space to live is unthinkable at the point.
@SkyFly19853 Ай бұрын
@@johndoe7901 Unfortunately...
@SkyFly19853 Ай бұрын
@@j-twd930 at least, Humanity has a bigger chance for survival in Space...
@adambrain8365 Ай бұрын
“There’s literally everything in space Morty!”
@alanweiman1521 Ай бұрын
The community greatly appreciates the the work that goes into this content. Keep up the great work Isaac and everyone else that help you make these videos.
@vincewilson1 27 күн бұрын
Amen!
@AprilleonMosarch Ай бұрын
my god, a two hour drop? issac has blessed us once again!!!!
@altha-rf1et Ай бұрын
took me several days to watch it
@carminedesanto6746 Ай бұрын
0:40 congratulations 🍾
@MoonMorningstar Ай бұрын
Ahh yes, my second favorite sleeping pill (the first being rain and thunder), this will make a fine addition to my collection!
@JohnSagin-SimViDeLucis579 Ай бұрын
Yea those Jurassic Park ones are great too! Raining in the high hide is one i keep going back to
@cannonfodder4376 Ай бұрын
This was great to have listened to for the last two days at work on Nebula. Extra long episodes are a treat in themselves. Simply superb work Isaac.
@isaacarthurSFIA Ай бұрын
We have several longer ones coming up, don't ask me why but after specifically setting out to do shorter episodes to recover time after writing this one the majority of the episodes written for the next month are in that 40+minute window anyway. :)
@dagsvikeleven1589 Ай бұрын
Allways hyped getting new videos from you Issac, and really appriciate your channel.
@isaacarthurSFIA Ай бұрын
Glad you like them!
@abbiearcher4716 Ай бұрын
Babes wake up, Isaac Arthur just released another compendium.
@OpalholicsAnonymous Ай бұрын
Lol I'm ready for beddd for first watch lol
@keithhunt8 Ай бұрын
I feel that self replicating robots are really the key to jump starting our colonization of space. Robots can lead the way and eliminate much of the risk and drudgery of the process.
@isaacarthurSFIA Ай бұрын
Yep, trying to find out what we can do with them and when/how we should do it is probably the trickier part, runaway astrochickens being a legitimate concern.
@altha-rf1et Ай бұрын
like the gate way foundation on building space stations using robots same can be used to build moon bases and mars colonies like you said taking the risk from humans
@vincewilson1 27 күн бұрын
I am almost certain a squad of Tesla bots will be sent to Mars in a few years!
@ellamagnesunedelen7557 8 күн бұрын
True for Mars, Europa, Titan, and possibly Mars. But now matter how you look at it, Proxima B is still 4.2 light years away. I am still boiling in my juices wondering how (and when!) those robots are going to get there.
@altha-rf1et 8 күн бұрын
@@ellamagnesunedelen7557then they will have to find some way of building the settlement, mining operations, to every last detail to make it a place for humans to stay
@one-shotrailgun8713 Ай бұрын
Hey Isaac, can there be something like a "weapon" or "war" compendium that goes into the many ways that we might fight each other with and the possible reasons on why we would fight eachother to begin with, or at least just a update video on Space Warfare or Next Century of War?
@isaacarthurSFIA Ай бұрын
Quite possibly, not a bad idea
@VainerCactus0 Ай бұрын
Maybe with that video, we could finally learn what the first rule of warfare is.
@kaiserwhence2468 Ай бұрын
@@VainerCactus0first rule of warfare "The first rule is classified"
@znardi Ай бұрын
second rule of warfare “Second rule is also classified”
@kaiserwhence2468 Ай бұрын
@@znardi no it's "follow the first rule"
@wolfpackastrobiology3690 Ай бұрын
I would argue that there are 5 possible scenarios for interstellar colonisation: 1. We never leave our solar system. 2. We use interstellar arcs to reach other stars taking many generations to complete the journey (most likely the arcs would be powered by a fusion reactor). 3. Relativistic speeds will allow us to travel to nearby stars taking many years to complete the journey but still within a human lifespan timeframe. These ships would be driven by antimatter engines. 4. Faster than light travel (using a warp drive) will allow us to quickly colonise and move throughout the galaxy. 5. Instantaneous travel (using wormholes) will regularly let us travel to other galaxies.
@jonathangavin7560 Ай бұрын
Will we get a future episode about Collector Ships? They sound fascinating and are obliquely referenced in some of the other generation ship episodes but could likely benefit from a full episode. This episode was amazing and clearly took a ton of effort. Excellent work!
@isaacarthurSFIA Ай бұрын
Not a bad idea, I'll it in the polling queue for September
@EmergentStardust Ай бұрын
I love the compendiums even more than the regular episodes. Thanks Isaac!
@isaacarthurSFIA Ай бұрын
More to come!
@KillerAceUSAF Ай бұрын
Sweet, a nice, long video to put me to sleep! And then to listen to again when I get up because I won't remember 80% in the morning!
@GreatGreenGoo Ай бұрын
A drink and a snack? I grabbed dinner!
@vincewilson1 27 күн бұрын
Me too.
@digitalnomad9985 9 күн бұрын
I grabbed a closed cycle life support environment.
@TotalyRandomUsername Ай бұрын
Thank god a new compendium. So i know what to listen to the next hours while doing my chores.
@francoiseeduard303 Ай бұрын
This is great! So much I will incorporate! Motivation: Escape (ethnic/political) & Long Term Safety. • Separatist colonies allow groups that do not wish to (or are not allowed to) remain in their Earth nations to set up their own communities. We will be claiming the whole system. If peaceful coexistence was possible why leave the Sol System at all? They will never be able to kill us all off!
@isaacarthurSFIA Ай бұрын
Fair point, but I think we have to assume a lot of systems won't stay static, this generation's separatist group, 10 generations down the road, might have very different views on the matter, and might also view a small trickle of trade or tourism very differently and see that expand over time.
@francoiseeduard303 Ай бұрын
@isaacarthurSFIA I forgot to say… Means: 1. FTL hybrid 1A. FTL Ark ships We will ruthlessly defend ourselves and our space. Recognize us and send us diplomatic missions with personnel who comply with our Constitution and our laws (same goes with tourists & traders) and you've got everything from our biotech to our agricultural products, our engineers/scientists, money, and so much more. Those who are unable or unwilling to comply can recognize us and we will have small habitats set up close by in the “international waters” of space and interact with you personally there if need be. If we like you we will throw you a welcome party or even a whole festival! We will come bearing gifts! We can be good friends or bad enemies. Please choose to be our friends.
@baahcusegamer4530 Ай бұрын
lol, just yesterday and today I listened to the colonizing Alpha Centauri episode. Good quality stuff!! Please keep it coming!
@christophermeyer5986 Ай бұрын
Ideas for future episodes: 1.) How to Escape from the solar system without being caught. (Avoid being pursued by the hegemonic dyson swarm empire. Or something like that) 2.) How living in the space between stars might be a preference for humans once we have had enough time to do so, as there will be plenty of time before we can traverse the vast spaces between stars. If human intelligence is truly adaptable, it may decide to skip the stars altogether in favor of this vastly larger volume of the galaxy and universe. Might the resources in between stars be a better environment in which to thrive, outside of a gravity well entirely?
@NineSeptims Ай бұрын
I just need enough food for this gem.
@altha-rf1et Ай бұрын
glass of milk and pound cake for me this morning to finish watching this
@christophe5756 Ай бұрын
The Habitat Compendium was Magnificent! This one was MASSIVE! Today I finally had time to sit down and watch the video from start to finish. What a wonderful body of knowledge! You’re building your own university! (Stated un-ironically, and pun not intended.)
@leafykille Ай бұрын
I have been looking forward to this for a long time, I will be cooking my dinner while I watch, and then eating it and go to bed listening to this!
@Imagine_Beyond Ай бұрын
2:58 antimatter ships probably could have also been added to ship drives
@isaacarthurSFIA Ай бұрын
True, them and black holes almost got in there, but I was trying to avoid spending too much time on drives though since we've got a compendium devoted to that already. They're faster but overlap conceptually with both fusion and ion drives, and the net effect of access to either is sufficient speed and energy abundance to make colonization much easier.
@patrickbyrne5070 Ай бұрын
Been here since the beginning mate. You’ve come a long way. Much love from UK. You’re a real one
@SirHeinzbond Ай бұрын
did not "watched" the video, instead of listening it on Spotify, but i am sure i will watch it as soon i ve got youtube working on my television.... but i am flabbergasted how much to think of and consider and reconsider for my story of crawlonizing our System... thank you for all your work Sarah and Isaac and those unnamed workers helping to keep that channel everytime more interesting!
@1973Washu Ай бұрын
By sheer good fortune I stumbled onto this new video.
@andrewsartscalemodels Ай бұрын
Love this guy
@Briggsby 28 күн бұрын
Dude, I saw an Isaac Arthur video with the word "Compendium". Yeah, I made myself a massive burrito, a glass of lemonade, and a joint. I'm going to enjoy myself.
@rom26ik Ай бұрын
I cant begin tell you how many time I've rewatched the other compendiums and how many times I'll end up rewatching this one
@nickerzzbell4811 Ай бұрын
I have been (hoping) waiting for this for years now!!! Yayyyy ❤ extended drink and snack time!
@domusavires19 Ай бұрын
Love your content, Arthur. First place I go to brainstorm concepts for more realistic sci-fi.
@orionstarrthegreat2514 Ай бұрын
This is the type of content I subscribed for all those years ago
@MogofWar Ай бұрын
1:08:10 - Love how the plug illustrates the point. This is native advertising done right.
@cb-7422 Ай бұрын
I think we need to start thinking bigger: Kardashev 4,5,6 and beyond… What if there are Multiverses, Megaverses and Omniverses to explore??
@isaacarthurSFIA Ай бұрын
Exploring the multiverse is an episode later this summer :)
@sulljoh1 Ай бұрын
K9 here we come
@unintentionallydramatic Ай бұрын
This is perfect cause it's time for a big cleanup operation today + I gotta bring my dog somewhere. Thank you I was really looking forward to this and it's even beefier than I hoped.
@regentmad1037 Ай бұрын
over 2 hours? i'll grab an entire meal... brb
@altha-rf1et Ай бұрын
next time a bucket of KFC chicken
@WrongParadox Ай бұрын
Around June 2024 I started seeing articles similar to the following: "However, new theoretical physics research by a team of researchers at the University of Waterloo and Universidad Complutense de Madrid demonstrates that kugelblitze are impossible in our current universe."
@comentedonakeyboard Ай бұрын
Escape has a (not mutualy exclusive) sister motivation of: banished. Potentialy also solving the funding problem.
@isaacarthurSFIA Ай бұрын
An episode on Banish or Exiled Colonies sounds rather neat
@comentedonakeyboard Ай бұрын
@@isaacarthurSFIA potential topics include: -an AI Overlord decides that death is to good for it's oponents and sends them to an AI forsaken Planet instead -an "unsentimental" (to paraphrase Stalin) Experiment to figure out if Humans can survive in an Alien ecosystem is to drop some Prisoners there and then send a Probe to look what has happened -biotech advancing to a Point where one of the sexes decides that the other one is not needed anymore and to have a species divorce, keeping the Planet -future government figures out that sending likely oposition forces away is a wonderful thing to throw money at. Incidently those oponents perhaps wanting to escape said government leads to overlap with escape. -the traditional sending criminals (or other undesirabels) to space Australia -and technically Khan, sorry i mean Khaaaaaan, Exile on Ceti Alpha V from Star Trek is a case of banished to.
@gwugluud 18 күн бұрын
* No sarc was involved in my referring to him as “brilliant”, because he obviously is. These videos are edge-of-the- chair fascinating, and this man’s insights are beyond formidable. However, just imo, and what do I know, really; he’s overly optimistic about a lot of things. If he’s right and I’m mistaken, that would make me extremely happy. Cheers. Thank you for this engaging channel; I must have a daily fix of it. It’s one of my favorites.
@sadderwhiskeymann Ай бұрын
LOVED ❤ The extra long format ❤
@TheRealProlixProse Ай бұрын
Wow, a whole 2+ hr episode! You spoil us.
@carlospomares3225 14 күн бұрын
2:02:20 "You might be an augmented cyborg walking around in a suit Iron Man would envy with a bunch of killamajig murder drones hovering around you supported by orbital ships and defense platforms that can launch precision orbital strikes. Technology and automation let us solve problems, so does time." That is the best argument for technological transhumanism I've ever heard and it wasn't even the point of the statement!
@Perserra Ай бұрын
I love 2:02:12 "Modern technology and automation let us solve *problems* ." 😁
@VianniOG Ай бұрын
Notification squad. Appreciate you Isaac
@isaacarthurSFIA Ай бұрын
Thanks!
@logex621 Ай бұрын
Nice. I will have to show it off to family and freinds.
@Tom-vx5eq Ай бұрын
You've done it again
@ahrengroesch8774 Ай бұрын
The extra long ones are my favorite ❤
@JonnyHolms 17 күн бұрын
Isaac you are a genius my friend, I have been listening to you for years and am always amazed at your knowledge.. Thank you 😊
@user-kv6lw4cp4u Ай бұрын
في المستقبل البعيد وبفضل التكنولوجيا المتقدمة سوف يتساوى الخيال مع الواقع ويمتلك الإنسان قوى الآلهة ليحول الكون والأكوان المتعددة إلى جنة خالدة ❤
@MrMelonMonkey Ай бұрын
or to an eternal battlefield. just because something rubbed us the wrong way.
@BarteG44 Ай бұрын
well this video arrived sooner than i expected
@sulljoh1 Ай бұрын
Hopefully the future does as well
@wonderingmind28 Ай бұрын
"Space is enormous, and most of everything is in it." 😂😂😂
@paulbabione4060 Ай бұрын
You once did a show about space telescopes I hope someday you might revisit that topic..
@leafflowerbud4345 Ай бұрын
Well done!
@michaelporzio7384 Ай бұрын
Got my drink and snack ready! Watching this it occurs to me, that maybe to some life forms on a different planet, we may become the alien invaders that they are righteously defending themselves against.
@kevinchilds655 16 күн бұрын
it has been said many times , anti gravity has been retro engineered now, once they release the power requirements we can talk about all this again ....
@KarolOfGutovo Ай бұрын
We live in a narrow slice where communication between all humans can be functionally instant
@brookestephen Ай бұрын
If you're going to invest in a colony in orbit or on-world, would you want to inventory the nearby space objects, maybe send out cubesats to fly near them, to let you know about their trajectories?
@isaacarthurSFIA Ай бұрын
Probably, it would depend on the cost to survey I imagine, and probably a lot of opportunity cost early on, make another probe or make another settlement widget
@brookestephen Ай бұрын
@@isaacarthurSFIA OK, so why aren't we doing that today? We cant see them all, from Earth, whizzing around the Sun!
@wonderingmind28 Ай бұрын
"If you are new here..." my drink and snacks next to me waiting.
@manusml 28 күн бұрын
Have you considered include Quantum Entanglement communication systems? So even if TFL is not achieved, information can travel almost instantaneously across the universe(two synched devices). That would be an interresting hybrid colonisation model. No TFL but Instant communications.
@JLAvey Ай бұрын
Go where nobody's gone before, huh? Polynesian sailor: let's sail off into the Pacific. Sea otter: welcome to our world. What? Sea otters are quite a bit smarter than they look and unlike dolphins, have hands to unscrew bolts, climb ladders and otherwise cause trouble.
@nobilismaximus Ай бұрын
I love that title music…
@isaacarthurSFIA Ай бұрын
Sirius by Sergey cheremisinov, he's got a lot of great songs
@yourbuddyunit Ай бұрын
Still hoping for a space traffic controller episode. I wonder what the FAA el be like when it includes space.
@StormSilvawalker Ай бұрын
Fusion drives dont really need to break even to be good thrusters. If you consider the neutrons emitted from a homemade fusor running at 1-2 kW total you can get 10^6s of Isp just only with a thrust of 10^-5 N. This ignores the alpha particles cause I was lazy and requires significant shielding over half the core and then uses a very simplified emission profile for the neutrons
@JohnSagin-SimViDeLucis579 Ай бұрын
Really love these compendiums!
@HealthyDoubter 18 күн бұрын
Terraforming planets will be made easier when we learn to move the planet in question's orbit and fine tune it with a moon such as ours. Using the Earth/Moon/Sun model we have and emulating it. Building moons that 'fit' the target planet, and moving orbits are two technologies we can set as goals and as foundational to terraforming. Also, we should answer the question: Can several planets occupy the same orbit, perhaps on opposite sides of the sun? Will more than one planet using the same orbit affect the anchoring sun similar to lunar tidal effects? At least, that is imho
@Wanderinwonder427 Ай бұрын
Congratulations on your awards Isaac!
@isaacarthurSFIA Ай бұрын
Thank you!
@Wanderinwonder427 Ай бұрын
@@isaacarthurSFIA congrats on kicking the habit as well I stopped smoking about 7 years ago along with a few other poorly chosen habits. I was given a new chance at life during that time I was able to work my way into a corporate position in one of the worlds largest retail companies I left there a little over a year ago to start a business. I am blessed and one of those blessings was finding you along that journey. Thank you for the wonderful content, we love you brother!
@eastindiaV Ай бұрын
In the 1950s, the remnants of the Nazi Ahnenerbe working for the CIA under operation paperclip, built and tested a time traveling technology that was developed by the SS in WW2, and not used. One Agent was sent 30 years into the future, to see what the ramifications of the new technology would be. He found that the USA carpet bombed Russia after finding out the Soviet Union never had nuclear weapons. The new society was sad, but recovering, and had implemented the new technology in cars, planes, and space craft. Once the agent returned, he lived his life normally, avoiding the USA during the period in time when he would have been there... But he never came, because we decided to try and make peace with Russia with the knowledge they didn't have nukes. This created a parallel universe, with the same timeline as ours. This alternate universe was colonized by the human race, using 1950s technology, including the Bell, the time machine. They rely heavily on its antigravity and time travel properties. They see the Agent as the creator of the technology, and their universal civilization. In their universe, the agent died, and his soul came home to his original body. And so, that parallel race of humans is starting to visit our earth, to find this person.
@Malkovith2 Ай бұрын
This is very well done
@singletona082 Ай бұрын
Thank you for Thursdays Isaac.
@isaacarthurSFIA Ай бұрын
You bet
@ExploreTechniques95 13 күн бұрын
The channel has very useful information, thanks.
@larryb5677 Ай бұрын
The real reason for the compendium is that Isaac needs to take some time off for soul searching after learning that Kugelblitz black holes may not be possible. :-(
@altha-rf1et Ай бұрын
been a while since I watched you been busy moving in our new house, but 2 hours 14 minutes esp WOW
@isaacarthurSFIA Ай бұрын
Good luck... I tihnk it took Sarah and a few months to get mostly unpacked when we moved, audiobooks and long form YT vids were a lifesaver during that.
@altha-rf1et Ай бұрын
@@isaacarthurSFIA finished this esp. today, could not sleep last night dealing with health issues, just got star link for internet been using our phones to internet and TV we live on 20 acres in a Rual area star link was our best option, I had to make an extra trip back to Tampa to NW Florida a 4.5 hour drive to get the rest of my stuff prepping supplies, Do wish you will get with some people and do a Fan made series using your videos base on the ship Unity, sort of like some of the star trek fan made series
@dropshot1967 Ай бұрын
great compendium. FYI, I don't remember if it was on Anton Petrov or Fraser Cain, but one of them went into a publication that showed that producing a Kügelblitz black hole was impossible.
@isaacarthurSFIA Ай бұрын
I know Anton did one, Fraser might have too, but tbh I didn't think the paper changed much on the basic reasoning, when I talked about black hole tech earlier this year I was pretty blunt that I doubted we could make anything sub-megaton or even gigaton. We have a lot of papers come out that more or less formally state stuff folks have been discussing on forums for years before. Though often with much better rigor of course, the problem is without an actual functional theory of quantum gravity nothing is even vaguely conclusive.
@charlesharrison4077 Ай бұрын
1:17 that’s the hope.
@MidwitObservations Ай бұрын
Love you Isaac!
@zackatwood2867 Ай бұрын
yeeyee its arthursday
@Yoel_Mizrachi Ай бұрын
Next compendium video - rules of warfare compendium!
@isaacarthurSFIA Ай бұрын
I think the next would probably be a terraforming compendium, but somebody suggested Space Warfare earlier today and I pretty much got sold on it instantly.
@Yoel_Mizrachi Ай бұрын
@@isaacarthurSFIA war and futurism?! But war.. war never changes
@MrMelonMonkey Ай бұрын
@@Yoel_Mizrachi In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war. honestly i really think war will never ever cease to exist. there will always be some place somewhere in human decendant civs where some faction will slaughter some other one. that surely doesnt mean there cant be islands of peace and prosperity throughout, though.
@neooblisk0084 Ай бұрын
@MrMelonMonkey I am reminded of the quote. "War is a continuation of politics..." As long as we have political disagreement we are probably going to have some fighting and some war eventually.
@altha-rf1et Ай бұрын
assignation methods of the future
@verpalorian310 Ай бұрын
You should have a Compendium playlist.
@neooblisk0084 Ай бұрын
Maybe even acompendium of compendiums...
@VisiblyPinkUnicorn Ай бұрын
Beaming systems are the happiest way to space travel.
@zico739 27 күн бұрын
Great stuff as usual.
@geoffreyweights7697 Ай бұрын
Higher mass requires greater thrust to move it. So how can a black hole be used to fuel a star ship? Wouldn't the mass of the black hole require an engine the size of our solar system to move it?
@netizencapet Ай бұрын
He falsely states that pop growth estimates are usually grossly wrong. The UN 1978 median global pop projection for 2025 was 8.4 B. That's very close to the 8.2 projected for next year.
@SnuffitLabs Ай бұрын
That award was very much earned! Congratulations! Great content as well as great animations! I just wish CIG would pay attention to your videos to make a better game (Star Citizen).
@thomasmcgoay2283 14 күн бұрын
Hypothetical game time now, considering what has been discussed in this video and other SFIA videos on colonizing various planetary bodies, If you had to write the plan for human colonization of space over the next millennium what would you build and in what order? If you knew Earth would be destroyed in 1000 years and it was your job to plan the continuation of the human race through the colonization of space, what would you do?
@darkmatter7274 Ай бұрын
Great episode.
@djdrack4681 Ай бұрын
The most important thing (besides ability to transfer/store mind/memories in a digital or biochem-augmented, artificial way) IS people colonizing be 'relatively' free in such 'Frontier' as space colonies/edges of space empires. Heinlein himself argued that TRUE FREEDOM could only ever exist on the frontier (IE very edge of civilization), and that the end of the 'West' was also the end of that true freedom: exchanged for laws, social conveniences (IE stores, gov, etc).
@djdrack4681 Ай бұрын
The same way that corporate power being consolidated into even a few dozen companies (IE auto, aerospace, mil-indy, aggri-chem industries) = 'innovation' is limited severely; I don't see massive space colonization (with ppl, not just probes/machines) IF the controlling power is AUTHORITARIAN: They would seem (from human standpoint) to be mutually exclusive in long-term
@isaacarthurSFIA Ай бұрын
Oh yes, his writing definitely emphasizes the frontier = freedom idea, along with a generalized education, academic and hands-on DIY skills. That's practically the theme of our "Have Spacesuit - Will Travel" episode from last year. I don't particularly disagree, given that I actively chose to live in the country on my farm, but it depends on what sort of freedoms you're focusing on, as one can make a case the wild west and frontier intrinsically lacked a lot of freedoms a person can get from civilization, like freer access to information and selection of goods. Though I'll acknowledge the point might be a bit semantic.
@djdrack4681 Ай бұрын
@@isaacarthurSFIA philosophy is nearly as vast as space, so semantics do matter. I was pointing to concepts like: - domain (freedom to do 'as you please') with your private property, which is lost in urban areas here; - scientific experimentation freedom (no bans on cloning etc): how can gov 'limit' your research when your fam farm 'a 200km asteroid' could have 100x the defenses of all Earth's militaries. (excl. bio-chem weapons). - freedom of travel: IE you get to a untouched planet and your fam claims the whole thing = its yours as long as you can 'control/possess' it. No "you can only travel here, settle there" - Financial/Economic freedom. IF you have centralized gov, these may be optional...and no guarantee anything beyond barter system may be needed: BUT if you wanted to, you could still print your own currency/trade in 'asteroid futures'. I suspect centralized groups (IE gov, corps, colleges) aren't stupid (at highest levels). Just as schools know the moment 'degree needed to be in med field' goes away; they'll lose $$$/control over resident placement (and maybe their college hospitals); The KNOW that space presents a 'unbound frontier'...IE they lose control the moment general population has access. Airline industry has stagnated and Bwing has QA/QC probs due to corp bureaucracy/monopoly. How does current civilization manage to get even 1mil ppl in space habitats/initial colonies on asteroids/moons when gov/corps will try to control 100% of lives (IE neo-slavery of the colonists)? ITs not 'hyperbolic', 20th century both soviets/US had gov AND corp 'towns' where they controlled ALL aspects of the 'employees' lives. ...and who would volunteer to live in a bubble habitat on ganymede where everything from workday, to mate, to what they eat/when, to use of 'press' (IE access to satellite internet connections back to Earth/comms off-colony) is dictated by a foreman, who's just a mouthpiece for distant venture capitalist/gov? ^^^ This seems to be a current hurdle, that is almost nigh-impossible to overcome in Earth's current $/gov bound economy of life. Somewhat broad follow-up, but you get the idea.
@moltendiamonds1567 Ай бұрын
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@vincentcleaver1925 Ай бұрын
I have been asking for an sfia calender for years; can we please get a big book of space colonization, pullleaze?! Thanks in advance! 8-P
@hunam3876 Ай бұрын
It is this time.
@John-ir2zf Ай бұрын
At 46:00 , Salvatore Pias would disagree with you. His patent US1014&4532B2 (without the "&" symbol) talks about "his invention" (likely reverse engineered tech) being capable of superluminal speed in a relativistic framework.🤔 No exotic matter or negative mass required like the alcubierre drive....
@jedstanaland2897 24 күн бұрын
Cloning fatigue is real but it takes a long time to set in and even when it does the results are not immediate. Cloning fatigue is a mix of various factors working together to degrade the viability of the individual. There are issues with genetic damage from the Cloning process itself and issues with genetic damage from the age of the cells used to make the clones and issues regarding the condition of the cells used to make them and the exposure of harmful substances. In other words the more clones that have been made and allowed to reach adulthood before cells are harvested for additional Cloning the more likely genetic damage is to have occurred.
@1973Washu Ай бұрын
The crew of a Methuselah ship who never age and never die barring catastrophic accidents would only have a small need for population replacement reproduction , so perhaps a crew of people who are mostly asexual or who take precautions against pregnancy very seriously but are willing to take on bearing a child as a social duty would be the ideal . Children should be rare on such ships. However a child that is going to be an immortal member of the crew would be an incredible investment and the rest of the crew would take an active interest in raising the child who will become their coworker right and make sure they are happy and well adjusted and fit in with whatever culture the ship has developed over the centuries.
@alphacat4927 Ай бұрын
\o/ yay 2 hour video!!!!!!!!!
@elliotsmith9812 25 күн бұрын
How do fusion drives get rid of the excess heat? Moon sized radiators?