Harvesting Planets: Space Mining and the Future of Resource Extraction

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We often imagine civilizations so immense they can create worlds and colonize galaxies, and yet to fuel those immense engines of creation, they may need to harvest entire planets.

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Credits:
Harvesting Planets
Episode 472; November 7, 2024
Produced, Narrated & Written: Isaac Arthur
Graphics:
Ian Long
Jermey Jozwik
Legiontech Studios
Mafic Studios
Mihail Yordanov
Udo Schroeter
YD Visual
Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images
Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator
Stellardrone, "In Time", "Divine Cosmos", "Red Giant"