Asteroid mines become mobile city-states. Explore how hollowed asteroids grow into sovereign habitats, economies, and civilizations.
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Credits:
Asteroid City States – Living in Mobile Habitats Powered by Resource Extraction
Written, Produced & Narrated by:
Isaac Arthur
Graphics from Bryan Versteeg, Fishy Tree, Jeremy Jozwik
Music Courtesy of Chris Zabriskie & Stellardrone
Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images
Music by Epidemic Sound: http://nebula.tv/epidemic & Stellardrone
Chapters
0:00 Intro
3:56 From Mines to Habitats
6:32 Growth of Population and Infrastructure
14:23 Economics of the Belt
21:35 Trade and Communication Networks
23:44 Chrono-Engineering
24:48 Politics, Law, and the Shape of Belt Civilization
28:02 The Mature Belt Civilization
29:32 The Light of a Million Worlds