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Using Asteroids As Spaceships (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

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The Asteroids and Solar Slowing

The asteroid contains more raw materials than humanity has ever used in every single building and vehicle humanity ever made for a space age really kicked off one of those ships were outpaced the fleet by a few light months. Operation 1036 Ganymede known these days as the rock will briefly open holes in its umbrella and begin a volley of rail gun fire containing thousands of those shells each containing billions of square meters of graphene sailcloth once they hit their destination sun.

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