Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ The Moon is gateway to space, and in the future it might serve as an industrial and mining complex fueling vast production of spaceships, rocket fuel, satellites, space stations, and colonial habitats....
Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ So often expanding into space can seem like a Catch-22, where every proposed idea for development can only be practical if space is already developed. Today we'll take a look at some potential options...
Could we grow our foods in the heavens rather than on the earth? Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ In order to do serious exploration and colonization of space, we will need a source of food beyond Earth. But can we go beyond simply...
How transmitting power down from space may be our future. Visit our sponsor: https://skl.sh/isaac2 Beaming energy down from satellites in orbit to replace the production of electricity on Earth may solve many of our problems, and avoid a potential economic or...