Isaac Arthur

This year's International Space Development Conference is right around the corner, being held in Orlando and we are currently expecting, among other, incoming NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman to come give a talk and accept the von Braun award on behalf of Polaris Dawn. Joe Haldeman, Bryan Versteeg, Chris Fergusson, Martine Rothblatt, Hoot Gibson, Tariq Malik, and many more will be talking but we are still looking for presenters, if you're interested, we are taking abstracts and filling presentation tracks. Just follow the link for details, and whether your presenting or just attending I look forward to seeing you there. :)
www.einpresswire.com/article/778807013/call-for-ab…

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Alien Civilizations
SFIA Episode Poll January 19, 2025
Some possible topics for Alien and Fermi Paradox discussion, vote for your favorite :)
1: Ancient Alien Artifacts
2: Insectoid Aliens
3: The Fermi Paradox & The Hivemind Dilemma
4: Xeno-Anthropology Studying Alien Cultures

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Isaac Arthur

SFIA Episode Poll January 9, 2024
Our first poll for the year, and a companion to today's episode on Mass Drivers vs Rockets. As usual, vote for the episode you most want to see made and feel free to leave episode ideas in the comments.
1: Active Support Space Launchers
2: Sling Space Launchers
3: Spaceport Innovations: Designing the Next Generation of Launch Sites
4: Mass Drivers on the Moon: Enabling a Lunar Economy

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Isaac Arthur

Making my fifth appearance on Reels of Justice to defend the movie Terminator: Salvation
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SFIA Episode Poll December 31, 2024 - Cosmic Adventures
Happy New Year Everyone!
I thought we'd wrap up our 2024 image topic polls with some galaxy-scale contemplations... for those curious, while we normally source cover art from all over the place, from audience submissions to stock sites like Getty, and often the episode is inspired by an image, these particular 4 were all generated by AI using just the titles below as prompts, and I was fairly pleased given how abstract the concepts were.

As usual, vote for the episode you most want to see made and feel free to leave episode ideas in the comments, thanks for watching, and have a great new year!

1: Cosmic Megafauna: Could Giant Alien Life Forms Exist?
2: Galactic Terraforming: Could We Engineer Entire Star Systems?
3: The Cosmic Archaeologists: Searching for Ancient Galactic Ruins
4: Galaxy-Scale Megastructures & Kardashev-3 Civilizations

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Isaac Arthur

SFIA Episode Poll December 19, 2024
A follow up to our deep dive of Space Elevators, pick the Space Elevator sub-topic you tihnk we should explore next :) As usual, vote for the episode you most want to see made and feel free to leave episode ideas in the comments.
1: Materials For Space Elevators: From Carbon Nanotubes To Graphene And Beyond...
2: Space Elevators As Interplanetary Launch Systems
3: Space Elevator Economics: Building And Operating A Superhighway To Space
4: The Impact of Space Elevators

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Isaac Arthur

SFIA Episode Poll December 8, 2024
Starting December off with some more sci-fi themed topics :) As usual, vote for the episode you most want to see made and feel free to leave episode ideas in the comments.
1: Interstellar Diplomacy & Politics
2: Planetary Shields
3: The Economics of a Post-Scarcity Universe: What Happens When Everything Is Free?
4: Temporal Colonization: Conquering The Past

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Isaac Arthur

SFIA Episode Poll November 17, 2024 - Space & the Far Future
Some cosmology on interstellar colonization episode to pick from today. As usual, vote for the episode you like the most and feel free to leave episode ideas in the comments :)
1: Post-Biological Civilizations: Life Beyond Flesh and Bone
2: Post-Consciousness Civilizations: Evolving Beyond Human Awareness
3: Post-Scarcity Civilizations: Infinite Resources & Our Future
4: Quantum Civilizations: Life at the Smallest Scales of Reality

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If you're looking for something to watch until tomorrow episode comes out, especially if you're a Stargate fan, I had a great time today on David Hewlett's "I'm with Genius", who you may remember as Dr. Rodney McKay from Stargate Atlantis. He was really awesome to talk with, just a very fun conversation, I hope you enjoy it and we'll see you tomorrow for "Aliens have contacted us... now what?" :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2Ozi...

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Isaac Arthur

SFIA Episode Poll October 9, 2024 - Advanced Space Travel
As usual, vote for the one you most want to see become an episode, today we're picking among some far-future space travel options.
1: Fishbowl Starships: Water As Shielding
2: Interstellar Travel: Can We Survive The Long Journey?
3: Orbital Shipyards: Building Fleets in Space
4: Planetary Migration: Moving Worlds

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