Discussed: What If We Had to Evacuate Earth? - with Bill Nye | Episode 8
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We know the history of this planet and asteroids isn't good...just ask the dinosaurs. So, what if we were faced with the same situation now? How much time would we need? Where would we go? How would we get there? How many people would we realistically be able to get off the planet? Lots of questions, very few answers. But when in doubt, ask someone who knows something about science. Well this week Peter and Richard are joined by a real "science guy"...Bill Nye "the Science Guy" in fact. One of the true trailblazers in science communication joins "What If Discussed" to help us find an answer to "What If we had to evacuate Earth?"
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Time codes:
0:00 Why Earth evacuation?
1:25 Earth evacuation in pop culture
3:00 Presenting Bill Nye, the Science Guy
4:30 Why does Bill Nye think about evacuating Earth?
6:38 How much time would we have to get off the Earth?
8:22 Could we even build a space megastructure?
11:36 Could we live on Mars?
13:15 Where can you find Bill Nye?
14:30 Never stop learning
17:25 Final thoughts
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