Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

If we could build a space elevator tomorrow, where should it go? Earth may be the obvious answer, but the Moon, Mars, and other worlds may be far easier. We compare the best candidates.

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Credits:
The First Space Elevator: Where Would We Build It?
Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
Music by Epidemic Sound: http://nebula.tv/epidemic
Graphics from: Jeremy Jozwik, Ken York, Phil Swan & Sergio Botero
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Chapters
0:00 Intro
4:02 Why Not the Atlantic, Indian, or Land?
9:07 Cheating the Equator
12:37 The First Elevator Might Not Be on Earth

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If we could build a space elevator tomorrow, where should it go? Earth may be the obvious answer, but the Moon, Mars, and other worlds may be far easier. We compare the best candidates.

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Credits:
The First Space Elevator: Where Would We Build It?
Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
Music by Epidemic Sound: http://nebula.tv/epidemic
Graphics from: Jeremy Jozwik, Ken York, Phil Swan & Sergio Botero
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Chapters
0:00 Intro
4:02 Why Not the Atlantic, Indian, or Land?
9:07 Cheating the Equator
12:37 The First Elevator Might Not Be on Earth

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Ion drives are slow, quiet, and astonishingly efficient. From asteroid freighters and Mars cargo ships to the infrastructure behind future starships, these patient engines may help build civilization across the Solar System.

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Ion Drives: The Slow Rockets That Win Space
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Stellardrone & Chris Zabriskie
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Ion drives are slow, quiet, and astonishingly efficient. From asteroid freighters and Mars cargo ships to the infrastructure behind future starships, these patient engines may help build civilization across the Solar System.

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Ion Drives: The Slow Rockets That Win Space
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Music by Epidemic Sound: http://nebula.tv/epidemic
Stellardrone & Chris Zabriskie
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For 72 seconds, the universe seemed to answer SETI. The Wow! Signal was strong, narrowband, and strangely convincing... but it never came back. So what actually happened in 1977?

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The Wow! Signal: Alien Message, Cosmic Fluke, or SETI’s Best False Alarm?
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