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Planets vs Megastructures - SFIA 750,000 Subscriber Special Edition Aug 06, 2023

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To celebrate 750,000 subscribers we're taking a look at the benefits and disadvantages of settling and terraforming planets vs constructing megastructure space habitats

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Episode 406b, August 6, 2023

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Lunar Space Elevator (Narration Only) Aug 03, 2023

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A Space Elevator on the Moon, made of mundane materials, could be built with modern technology, and allow ultra-cheap freight off the Moon.

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Episode 406, August 3, 2023

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Lunar Space Elevator Aug 03, 2023

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A Space Elevator on the Moon, made of mundane materials, could be built with modern technology, and allow ultra-cheap freight off the Moon.

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Episode 406, August 3, 2023

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David McFarlane

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Markus Junnikkala, "Plotting a Course", "We Roam the Stars"

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SFIA Monthly Livestream Q&A #56 - July 30, 2023 Jul 31, 2023

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SFIA Monthly Livestream Q&A #56 - July 30, 2023

Our monthly livestream Q&A session recorded on Sunday July 30, 2023, at 4pm EST.

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Dropships & Drop Pods Jul 27, 2023

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The ability to get a strike force anywhere and fast is of vast strategic value, and the future may dropships landing anywhere on a planet within minutes.

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Episode 405, July 27, 2023

Written, Produced & Narrated by:

Isaac Arthur

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David McFarlane

Konstantin Sokerin

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Markus Junnikkala, "We Roam the Stars"

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Dropships & Drop Pods (Narration Only) Jul 27, 2023

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The ability to get a strike force anywhere and fast is of vast strategic value, and the future may dropships landing anywhere on a planet within minutes.

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Episode 405, July 27, 2023

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Isaac Arthur

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Konstantin Sokerin

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Ammonia-Based Lifeforms (Narration Only) Jul 20, 2023

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Our search for extraterrestrial life assumes alien life based on water and carbon, but could there be biochemistries based on other substances?

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Ammonia-Based Lifeforms

Episode 404, July 20, 2023

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Joshua Deily

Lukas Konecny

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Ammonia-Based Lifeforms Jul 20, 2023

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Our search for extraterrestrial life assumes alien life based on water and carbon, but could there be biochemistries based on other substances?

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Episode 404, July 20, 2023

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Isaac Arthur

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Edward Wright

Joshua Deily

Lukas Konecny

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Markus Junnikkala, "We Roam the Stars"

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Miguel Johnson, "Far From Home", "So Many Stars"

Aerium, "Fifth Star of Aldebaran"

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Robots at War: How Machines Will Transform the Battlefield Jul 16, 2023

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What happens when the soldiers on the battlefield are machines? From autonomous drones and robotic vehicles to swarms, targeting systems, logistics, and increasingly independent weapons, we explore how robots could reshape warfare, what they can do better than humans, and what future armies may look like when machines do more of the fighting.

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Robots & Warfare

Episode 403a, July 16, 2023