To travel to other planets, we will first have to build up are infrastructure closer to home, in orbit of Earth. The best place to get all the mass for those space stations and rocket fuel depots is from the Moon, and we'll examine the milestones we'll need to reach to start lunar resource harvesting and building up space settlements.

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Colonizing Cislunar Space and the Lagrange Points

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

Episode 255; September 10, 2020

Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

Written by:

Isaac Arthur

Jerry Guern

Keith Blockus

Cover Art:

Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier

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Katie Byrne

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Udo Schroeter

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Sergey Cheremisninov, "Sirius"

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Reign Pagaran, "Distant Voyager"

Aerium, "Fifth Star of Aldebaran"

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Chris Zabriskie, "Wonder Cycle" http://chriszabriskie.com

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