The galaxy is a vast place with billions of potential new worlds for humanity to colonize, but interstellar space is so enormous that reaching even the nearest stars and planets by spaceship would take decades at best, and maybe many centuries. Even on arrival terraforming those barren planets would take just as long.

Two options for overcoming the immensity of space and time are the Seed Ship and the Data Ship, automated vessels able to colonize the worlds for us. We will examine those today, their advantages, limitations, and misconceptions, and variations of them we might use to seed the stars.

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Credits:

Seeding the Stars

Episode 166, Season 4 E52

Writers:

Isaac Arthur

Editors:

Alex Chamak

A.T. Long

Cooper de Ruiter

D. Hemanshi

Daniel McNamara

Darius Said

Edward Nardella

Evan Schultheis

Keith Blockus

Mark Warburton

Matthew Acker

Safia Postgate

Stuart Graham https://beyondnerva.wordpress.com

Sigmund Kopperud

Producer:

Isaac Arthur

Cover Artist:

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

Graphics Team:

Bryan Versteeg http://spacehabs.com

Darth Biomech https://www.artstation.com/darth_biomech

Fishy Tree https://www.deviantart.com/fishytree/

Jarred Eagley

Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana

Justin Dixon

LegionTech Studios https://hades9.com

Mihail Yordanov

Sam McNamara

Serigio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc

SpaceResourcesCGI

Audio Editing

Eric Schneider

Narrator:

Isaac Arthur

Music Manager:

Luca DeRosa - [email protected]

Music:

Markus Junnikkala, "Plotting a Course" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/

Paradox Interactive, Andreas Waldetoft , "Dark Minds" https://www.paradoxplaza.com

Lombus, "Hydrogen Sonata" https://lombus.bandcamp.com

Paradox Interactive, "In Sarch of Life" https://www.paradoxplaza.com

Serena Elis, "Between the Space" https://soundcloud.com/serenaelis

Taras Harkavyi, "Alpha-and-..." https://www.discogs.com/artist/625697-Taras-Harkavyi

Paradox Interactive, Andreas Waldetoft, "The Birth of a Star" https://www.paradoxplaza.com

Ayreon, "The Theory of Everything, Part 1" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCihO6uVisilu1mn4x2u-HOA