Colonizing Mercury

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

• Episode: Colonizing Mercury
• Website: Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
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• Duration: 00:27:08
• Published: 2018-06-14 16:36

Today we take a trip inward, to explore Sun-Scorched Mercury. Mercury is the nearest planet to the Sun, a seeming airless wasteland little discussed in conversations about colonizing our solar system. Today we will challenge that, and show that Mercury may be one of the most promising places for humanity to make new homes on. Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/P4aXmnQzJ0o Watch Isaac's Interview on TMRO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIYW_n0GtKU Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur SFIA Merchandise available: http://signil.com/sfia Social Media: 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/v5UKTsz Listen or Download the audio of this episode from Soundcloud: Episode's Audio-only version: https://soundcloud.com/isaac-arthur-148927746/colonizing-mercury Episode's Narration-only version: https://soundcloud.com/isaac-arthur-148927746/colonizing-mercury-narration-only Credits: Outward Bound: Colonizing Mercury Season 4, Episode 23 Writers: Isaac Arthur Editors: A.T. Long Darius Said Derek Hightower Edward Nardella Keith Blockus Jerry Guern Luca DeRosa Luke Parrish Mark Warburton Oliver Epsom Sam McNamara Sigmund Kopperud Producer: Isaac Arthur Cover Artist: Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier Graphics Team: Jarred Eagley Jeremy Jozwik Justin Dixon Katie Byrne Ken York Kris Holland (Mafic Studios) www.maficstudios.com Kristijan Tavar Mihail Yordanov Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc Narrator: Isaac Arthur Music Manager: Luca De Rosa - [email protected] Music: Markus Junnikkala, "Hail the Victorious Dead" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/ Koalips, "Kvazar" http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Koalips/ Aerium, "Fifth Star of Aldebaran" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ Kai Engel, "Endless Story about Sun and Moon" https://www.kai-engel.com/ Denny Schneidemesser, "Across the Universe" https://soundcloud.com/denny-schneidemesser Lombus, "Cosmic Soup" https://lombus.bandcamp.com