Becoming an Interplanetary Species: First Steps

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Isaac Arthur

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🗓️ 12 July 2020

⏱️ 21 minutes

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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. Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/_Ihdb8-h5Ek Get 26% of Curiosity Stream and free access to Nebula by using coupon code "isaac": https://curiositystream.com/isaac National Space Society Roadmap: https://space.nss.org/nss-roadmap-to-space-settlement-3rd-edition-2018-contents/ Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur SFIA Merchandise available: https://www.signil.com/sfia/ Social Media: Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1583992725237264/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/IsaacArthur/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Isaac_A_Arthur on Twitter and RT our future content. SFIA Discord Server: https://discord.gg/53GAShE Credits: 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 Cover Art: Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier Graphics: Bryan Versteeg http://spacehabs.com Fishy Tree https://www.deviantart.com/fishytree/ Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana Katie Byrne Ken York https://www.facebook.com/YDVisual/ Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc SpaceResourcesCGI Udo Schroeter Music Sergey Cheremisninov, "Sirius" https://www.s-cheremisinov.com Reign Pagaran, "Distant Voyager" Aerium, "Fifth Star of Aldebaran" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ Denny Schneidemesser, "Across the Universe" https://soundcloud.com/denny-schneidemesser See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Hello, SFIA audio listeners, in this month's Nebula exclusive, Big Alien Theory,
0:05.2	we're asking the reason alien civilizations might be rare is because most aliens are huge.
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0:20.6	This video is sponsored by CuriosityStream.
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0:28.1	using the link in the description.
0:30.9	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy tells us that a man must walk down 42 robes to be
0:35.5	called a man, but that seems like a lot of work for a
0:38.3	rather modest reward.
0:40.1	The National Space Society tells us there are only 31 milestones to hit to become an
0:44.6	interplanet species and eventually an interstellar one is not something that is going to
1:11.0	happen overnight. Indeed, even discussing it isn't going to take just one episode, so
1:15.9	we'll be doing more than one, starting today with our opening moves. It is important to
1:20.6	realize though that this won't happen overnight. Even if we get cheap space travel tomorrow,
1:25.6	it will be centuries before more than a small
1:27.6	fraction of our population lives off Earth.
1:30.6	I thought today we look at some of the critical steps we'd expect to need to make along
1:34.0	the way and what it might look like as we head out to space and make it our home.
1:38.8	We'll be borrowing a fair amount for the National Space Society's Roadmap to the Stars,
1:43.1	the most recent addition of
1:44.1	which I've linked in the episode description.
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