Spaceports: Ascending To The Stars

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

Isaac Arthur

Genetics, Artificial Intelligence, Sci Fi, Post Scarcity, Spacecraft, Energy Abundance, Scifi, Cybernetics, Technological Future, Space Megastructures, Space Station, Starship, Technology, Space Industry, Future Of Humanity, Science, Astronomy, Civilizaiton, Human Civilizaiton, Futurism, Megastructures, Transhumanism, Interstellar Travel, Engineering, Physics, Space Colonization, Future, Long Term Future, Spaceship, Space, Space Infrastructure, Future Philosophy

4.9 • 781 Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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For centuries we've sailed from ports across the deep blue sea, and to sail into the ocean of the night to new worlds and stars, we will need some Space Ports. Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/9BCnEtOTFTY Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur 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: Spaceports: Ascending to the Stars Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur Episode 315, November 4, 2021 Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur Editors: Keith Blockus Sig’unnr Cover Art: Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier Graphics: Fishy Tree https://www.deviantart.com/fishytree/ Jarred Eagley Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana Katie Byrne Ken York https://www.facebook.com/YDVisual/ Kris Holland of www.maficstudios.com Sam McNAmara Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc Space Engine 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,
0:05.2	we're asked at the reason alien civilizations might be rare is because most aliens are huge.
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0:20.0	This episode is brought to you by Brilliant.
0:23.1	It becomes ever clearer that humanity's future is among the stars, a journey to trillions
0:28.4	of new worlds.
0:30.1	But every journey has to start somewhere, and to reach the heavens, we must first sail from
0:35.5	starboards here on Earth.
0:43.3	A little over a century ago in 1909, Wilbur Wright established College Park Airport in
0:52.8	Maryland. The oldest continuously operating
0:55.3	airfield, the first commercial airline arrived in 1914 and the first airport with scheduled
1:01.5	international commercial services opened in London in 1990.
1:05.9	It was only 16 years from that first 1903 Wright brothers flight to regular international commercial passenger
1:12.7	traffic, permitting people to travel almost anywhere in the world in a mere day or two,
1:18.1	something we now take for granted.
1:20.2	The first manned launch to orbit was 60 years ago, and we're only now starting to see
1:25.1	a real stage-up commercial man space flight.
1:27.7	There are quite a few launch pads, but there's no place right now where you can go,
1:32.5	buy a ticket, get a seat, and fly to space.
1:35.9	That time is coming though and today we'll be asking what those will be like, these
1:40.1	groundside facilities that will take us up to the heavens, and that will be one
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