Interstellar Colonization Strategies (Narration Only)
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
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How to Build a Ship of a Few Tons
Building an enormous gigaton-sized ship for each of the nearest billion solar systems would still only use up one of the largest asteroids or moons. While acceleration and building times aren't likely to be trivial when measured across tens of thousands of light years stopping occasionally for building another wave locally or refueling as kind of trivial. We don't know how good automated building is but if you can trust a ship of only a few tons to replicate itself one much bigger is likely to be more successful. It's also superior for options like hocking radiation black hole drives which need to start out no smaller than an aircraft carrier or super tanker.
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