Space Marines
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Isaac Arthur
4.8 • 739 Ratings
🗓️ 20 April 2025
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
From genetically engineered warriors to armored giants storming enemy ships, we explore the science and fiction of space marines—super-soldiers built to conquer the stars. Join us as we examine real-world technologies and speculative enhancements that might one day bring these legendary troops to life.
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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 asked at the reason alien civilizations might be rare is because most aliens are huge. |
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| 0:21.0 | The modern soldiers already a far cry from their ancient counterparts, but as technology |
| 0:26.9 | advances, we may be on the verge of a new era, one where warriors are not just trained, |
| 0:32.7 | but engineer for battle. |
| 0:44.3 | Welcome back to Science and Futurism with Isaac Arthur for another sci-fi Sunday. We'll explore a popular concept in science fiction, examine the pathways to it through science, |
| 0:50.3 | and contemplate what such technologies might look like upon deeper reflection. Today's topic is Space Marines, the first half of our exploration of elite soldiers of the future of the spring. |
| 1:01.0 | Next month's sci-fi Sunday will focus on storm troopers, and while both episodes will examine a wide variety of examples in science fiction, each will pay tribute to a specific setting, |
| 1:12.2 | this month's featuring the Adeptus Astartees of Warhammer 40,000, and next month |
| 1:16.8 | highlighting the stormtroopers and clone troopers of Star Wars to celebrate our 501st episode, |
| 1:23.2 | though deep looks at either will be toward the end of the episodes. Somewhat ironically, the first |
| 1:28.3 | time we see stormtroopers in Star Wars, they are acting as a marine boarding party on a |
| 1:33.3 | rebel corvette, but we will still save them for next episode. When we think of the term |
| 1:38.7 | space marines, images of genetically enhanced super soldiers, towering power armor and high-tech weaponry |
| 1:44.9 | instantly come to mind. Science fiction has long explored the concept of specialized troops |
| 1:49.8 | trained and equipped for battle in the hostile environment of space. Today we'll delve |
| 1:54.6 | into what makes space marines tick, the science and logistics of their existence and how they |
| 1:59.3 | might actually operate in realistic |
| 2:00.9 | scenarios. |
| 2:01.9 | We'll also look at famous examples from science fiction, from genetically enhanced warriors |
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