Space Colonization with Bob #4: Space Infrastructure Part 1
Hello everyone and welcome to Space Colonization with Bob. I am not a scientist, I just play one on Youtube, but what I am is an enthusiastic amateur who has studied issues relating to space colonization for many years. In this episode we are starting a series on space industrial infrastructure - how to turn moon dust and asteroid dust into things like breathable air and rocket parts.
In this series as a whole, we will be looking at a broad spectrum of issues in space colonization. Often there have been extremes on both ends of the optimism spectrum regarding colonization. Space colonization is possible, but it is also extremely hard and so we need to apply ourselves logically to the problems involved.
In the video I mention a video of Markus Kayser's Solar Sintering Project, very worthy of a watch:
http://youtu.be/ptUj8JRAYu8
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Intro bits from the old television serials "Tom Corbett, Space Cadet" and "Captain Video and his Video Rangers," both in the public domain.
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