Interstellar Colonization Compendium

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Space is huge, immense beyond our wildest dreams. In order to explore and settle it, we’ll need to learn to dream a lot bigger and bolder than ever before.

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Interstellar Colonization Compendium
Episode 455; July 11, 2024
Produced & Written: Isaac Arthur
Narrated by: Isaac Arthur & Sarah Fowler Arthur
Editor: Donagh Broderick
Graphics:
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Bryan Versteeg
Fishy Tree
Jarred Eagley
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Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator
Lombus, "Cosmic Soup"
Markus Junnikkala, "A Memory Of Earth"
Miguel Johnson, "So Many Stars"
Sergey Cheremisinov, "Sirius", "Labyrinth", "Seven Lights"
Stellardrone, "In Time", "Eternity", "Red Giant", "The Divine Cosmos"
Tara Harkavyi, "Alpha and..."

0:00:00 Intro
0:02:43 Table of Contents
0:04:27 Motivations
0:06:03 Exploration
0:07:43 Population Growth
0:13:12 Resources
0:14:53 Long Term Safety
0:16:20 Escape
0:19:30 Funding & Investment
0:26:32 Spaceship Drives
0:32:08 Ion Drive
0:33:49 Orion Drive
0:34:46 Fusion Drive
0:37:15 Black Hole Drive
0:38:53 Beaming Systems
0:43:09 Ship Types
0:45:26 Faster Than Light Ships
0:46:49 Micro-Jump Ships
0:49:49 Generation Ships
0:59:09 Sleeper Ships
1:05:17 Methuselah Ships
1:10:25 Gardener Ships
1:15:58 Von Neumann Probes
1:18:42 Seed Ships
1:22:18 Data Ships
1:24:29 Ship Shape & Collisions
1:27:22 Collector Ships
1:30:25 Planet Ships
1:32:09 Hybrid Ships
1:34:05 Colonization Strategies
1:35:25 Lowest Hanging Fruit
1:37:58 Percolation Theory
1:40:28 Backfilling Systems
1:42:05 Closest Available System
1:44:31 Crawlonizing
1:49:14 Gardener Chains & Cones
1:51:03 Automated Vanguard
1:54:12 Central Collection
1:55:29 FTL & Multiverse Strategies
1:57:53 Early Settlement
1:59:07 Planets vs Moons
2:00:44 Aurora Effect
2:03:03 Orbital Infrastructure
2:04:42 Getting Neighbors
2:07:16 Solar Economy
2:08:19 Sending Out New Arks
2:10:40 Sponsor
2:11:58 Schedule
2:12:56 Outro