Space Colonies: From Outposts To Cities

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

Isaac Arthur

Science, Futurism, Sci Fi, Future, Scifi, Technology, Space, Engineering

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🗓️ 10 December 2020

⏱️ 25 minutes

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As we venture out into space to colonize new planets, moons, and asteroids, how will these new settlements grow from simple outposts in to developed worlds with cities and civilizations all their own? Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/XL1ehbG9EL8 Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: https://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur SFIA Merchandise available: https://www.signil.com/sfia/ 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 Listen or Download the audio of this episode from Soundcloud: Episode's Audio-only version: https://soundcloud.com/isaac-arthur-148927746/space-colonies-from-outpost-to-cities Episode's Narration-only version: https://soundcloud.com/isaac-arthur-148927746/space-colonies-from-outpost-to-cities-narration-only Credits: Life as a Space Colonies: From Outpost to Cities Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur Episode 268; December 10, 2020 Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur Editors: S. Kopperud Cover Art: Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier Graphics: Alex Mulvey Bryan Versteeg Fishy Tree https://www.deviantart.com/fishytree/ Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana Sam McNamara Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc SpaceResourcesCGI Stephen Huck Udo Schroeter Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator 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,
0:05.0	we're asking the reason alien civilizations might be rare is because most aliens are huge.
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0:28.1	using the link in the description.
0:30.8	Establishing an outpost on another world is no easy task, but growing it into a thriving
0:36.0	new colony may turn out to be even harder.
0:40.3	We've often looked at space colonization, but usually from the standpoint of getting
0:49.3	our ships and colonists there, there are nuts and bolts of setting up a colony or the
0:54.1	life of the crew in getting there, but rarely nuts and bolts of setting up a colony, or the life of the crew
0:54.8	in getting there, but rarely the time after landing or the lives of those colonists once
1:00.0	there.
1:01.0	A couple weeks back we started correcting that by taking a look at life as a space colonist,
1:06.1	and I thought we would continue that today by asking what happens as a newly founded
1:09.9	outpost or carney grows
1:11.4	to be a real city.
1:13.5	That's a fairly critical notion too, grows to be a city, because whether we're talking
1:18.1	about a small outpost on a small asteroid growing into a larger near cylinder or one small
1:23.6	domed base on a vast new planet, a critical part of becoming a true civilization
1:28.5	is going to be the rise of that first true city. Whether that remains a small provincial
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