The entire way sci-fi writers were referred to was changed in 2035. They are called "Isaac Authors" now...but only if they are exceptional at what they do
I sure would like the idea, but from what i am seeing the quality of entertainment - writers included - is currently declining rapidly with the current corporate climate of recycling and re-releasing old stuff over and over.
Isaac Arthur If anything, I'd say the exact opposite thing: adolescent subjects (algebra, calculus, physics that involves those things...) are the ones where you can _most_ justify formal schooling, and little kids are the ones who most need _not_ to be in schools* - the more universal and obviously-useful something is, namely reading, writing, arithmetic, the _less_ there's a need to _make_ people learn it. Finland, at least, is half-way there; they start school at seven. * Bearing in mind that I don't consider the likes of Sudbury Valley School to actually be a school - it's more like a modern-day analogue of the Environment of Evolutionary Adaptation, which nobody would call a school.
+Isaac, I don't know how you guys do it but your videos keep getting better and better. Absolutely the very best channel on RUclips! Today is my son's birthday and I'm going to send this outstanding video. Thank you so very much.
This is only my second video of Isaac's, but I have to say, his comments section, and your comment thread in particular, are just so pleasant, and such a nice thing to see on the internet. I'm glad you got to talk to your son.
Yay! Ar-thursday. I was out shopping with my husband and told him I had to get home and see the new Isaac Arthur video. He gave me a sideways look and said, "You always run home on Thursdays. Should I be concerned?" I just smiled and replied, "I like big brains and I cannot lie."
The graphics have really stepped up. My compliments to all hwho have given their efforts on this. Well done. And though it goes without saying, I will say it anyways - Isaac, your content is consistently outstanding. Thanks.
shit days at work can be washed away into the cosmic sea by the soothing contemplations of the future depicted by you and those that help you.. thank you Isaac for being a beacon of light in the void
People in the 1880s I’m sure fantasized about “the astounding wonders” of 2018. It’s great to think about the future. But don’t mourn the world you’re in. It’s a pretty great one
Yet another top-notch and thought-provoking look at what the future will hopefully hope for humanity. Your videos have me excited for the the future and crossing my fingers we figure out life extension tech before I die so I can witness our colonization of space. SFIA forever 🍻
Arthursday... *BEST DAY OF THE WEEK!!* as always Isaac another great episode so good in fact it makes my coffee even better!! Lol thank you for never giving up!
I'm really impressed by how you manage to put these out every week. I know you have a bunch of people to take care of the video editing and graphics, but even with that, it would probably take me a few months to research, write, revise, and record something like this.
The kids TV series "Les Argonautes" (Télé Québec) used the concept of a colonization fleet, where there were a few core ships containing the industrial base, and hindreds of small "family home" ships that were relatively autonomous. The plot included many cases where one of the industrial core ships is used to 3D print or create replacement parts for the other core ships when they are damaged, or even to build a new "family home" ship when one is destroyed.
The 5G evasive maneuver reminded me of a scene from a show called Knights of Sidonia. A rediculausly huge generation ship had to do a double digit high G emergency maneuver and something like 1/3 of its crew died as a result. I don't remember the exact g-force but I do remember thinking that it would kill a bunch of people. I also don't remember the exact death toll but it was insanely high.
@@garethbaus5471 the crew had been genetically modified to better survive in space so the high G's may not have been as big of a problem for them as I first thought. Splattering against the wall when their safety harnesses broke was the problem graphically depictedin the scene. The ship was built out of a hollowed our asteroid and was something like 1000 years old. It had several large open areas inside that contained small cities. Some walls broke, and many hard points that people tethered themselves to failed. People would essentially fall sideways for a quarter mile before hitting a main bulkhead or building at several times terminal velocity.
I have spent countless hours watching your videos years now and I think they are of tremendous insight on each futuristic subject probably the best I have seen on RUclips. By the way, something I wanted to write to you a lot time you have the most stylish, awesome narrator voice ever.
pancreas Isaac: please you your tremendous power to get Audible to get the other books from the Rama group done. At 275k subscribers, you must have the power to tell amazon what to do...
Fantastic novel. I read it when I was a teen back in the 70s and have reread it a couple of times in the decades since. I've hoped for a movie version for over 30 years.
This is easily my favorite RUclips channel of all time, nothing else holds my attention quite like you do, I hope the governments of the world go on to learn some things from you, and begin applying the concepts presented in these videos, been here since just before 10k subs. Im so glad you're getting all the attention you deserve so much, let's hope you get about 10x more here in the future
Great video sir. I like how all the other science channels I like all come back to saying how your channel is one to strive for. Curious Droid and Answers with Joe are two of my other favorites. I'm really looking forward to September's video.
I keep hearing comparisons to aircraft carriers but the private sector has already matched that for fun, literally. "The gross tonnage of Oasis of the Seas is 225,282. Her displacement-the actual mass of the vessel-is estimated at approximately 100,000 metric tons (110,000 short tons), slightly less than that of an American Nimitz-class aircraft carrier."
What would that be like to be born on a generation ship with no chance of getting to the destination? Would it drive people mad to know that they are stuck on that ship for their entire lives? That's the topic that most excites me.
That's a fair point but as far as a 'cage' goes this is a pretty good one. Although If I had VR with a finished Star Citizen game I might legitimately never leave the house with uber eats and Amazon deliveries. Maybe it's not so bad after all :)
How many generations of Christians have lived and died, knowing they would never see the Second Coming? (I'm sure other religions have comparable things, but I don't know them.) Humans are pretty good at ignoring what their ideologies say their purpose should be.
Just letting you know I've been following for a while and your channel has become my favorite on RUclips. Great work and I hope you'll reach over a million subscribers.
I love that once a week i get to completely shut down and immerse myself into the void of space and watch the probable future prospects of humanity unfold on my phone in a dark room and with, of course, my snack and drink lol.
Hi Arthur, After seeing this video for the second time, I got an idea of how to brake a starship at the destination star. Instead of using the braking method you suggest by sending a series of starships each braking a little and thereby helping the next, I suggest this: 1) Send your starship using stellaser 2) Your starship is a giant "Mass driver" that can accellerate packages (Projectiles) using magnetism. 3) When approaching the destination star, fire off Projectiles in a series of shots. This will slow you a little down. 3a) The projectiles will have the speed of your Starship and the speed added by the Mass driver. 3b) The Projectiles is fired in a way that they will slingshot around the star and come back to you. 3c) The "giant Massdriver starship" can now catch the projectiles doing the reverse of firing off projectiles. (And possible magnetically adjusting projectiles' flight-vector before catching them, like a buzzard ramjet is thought to do with hydrogen) 3d) Your speed will be greatly reduced by "catching" these high-speed projectiles. 3e) The faster your starship goes, the faster the projectiles are. 3f) You only have to add "a little" energy to the projectiles, not much matter. And you can regain your mass by catching it going back to you. 4) Of course you will have to be very exact at firing the projectiles, and it's potential dangerous, but hey this is SFIA :-) 5) You will actually be able to accellerate using this "mass-less" technique as well. 6) As long as we depend on mass for propulsion, this has to be the most efficient way of accellerating. Only adding energy for accelleration. 7) Without doing any math, I can conceive that only a smaller mass (maybe 1% of the starship) needs to be projectiles for any starship speed. (remembering 3a, and the fact that you can adjust the parameters to fit: firing time, projectiles speed etc.) What do you think? Isn't this a way better way of braking a high speed spacecraft at the destination? Please let me now if you think this is conceiveable.
You can't realistically slingshot a high speed projectile around a star, that only works if it's moving in the zone of that star's escape velocity, way under even 1% of light speed, and it's also speeding up as it approaches from that same gravity pulling it toward it.
Thanks Isaac, great stuff! Thinking about things like this make me feel more optimistic about the future, and think if there is anything I can do to help bring it to pass. Channels like this are especially necessary in these times of great uncertainty and stress. Thanks.
Another video that gets my mind racing. You and your teams efforts always make me smile and hopeful for the future. Goes great with lunch or washing dishes. I am also currently listening to "Rendezvous with Rama" that you recommended and am loving it right now. I am looking forward to the next episodes, especially "Jobs of the Future", something humanity really needs to confront right now.
I was thinking (dangerous, i know). If a Generator Starship used a Bussard ramjet to slowdown, could it provide neutrons (from fusion) and protons that could transmute nuclear waste back into nuclear fuel or RTGs? Deceleration and storied energy! Great program, BTW.
interesting idea and method to send laser hardware ahead of the fleet for the slow down mechanism. I'm sure this content will become a study reference for future space faring entrepreneurs.you are a man way ahead of your times Isaac.
Umbrash time travelers such as myself love Isaac's videos. I was going to post before you did by using my time machine but I'm eating chips and I don't want to get the controls dirty.
Well, for "Generation Ships" I definitely argued that the journey was at least as important as the destination, and that it should be done in "grand fashion." After that comment thread discussion, I'm not sure what else to add besides fiddling details... but this was a great new episode as always! :)
Are you familiar with Knights of Sidonia(SIdonia no Kishi)? It has both a manga and animated version(available on netflix i think). The manga is a bit more detailed(and the CG animation style can be difficult for some to adjust to)but both have some excellent generation ship designs as well as interesting speculative science concepts and several examples of mega-engineering.
It occurs to me (and my next book will include this concept) that a ship that leaves Earth in 2050 using whatever tech we have at that time might be surpassed by a later ship using better tech that is developed later. Imagine that a 'century ship' with a projected travel time of 100 years might arrive at their destination only to find that a faster ship with better tech left 50 years later but arrived a decade earlier.
It would be pretty awesome for someone who never lived on a ship arrive to the horizon of a planet and look down on the endless options awaiting you on the surface. Great graphics! 6:14
When you talk about transporting ecologies, please talk about how acceleration could affect trees, especially in rotating habitats. Specifically, if acceleration of the ship occurs along the axis of a rotating cylinder, any trees standing along the inside surface of the cylinder would experience an apparent horizontal force, which could potentially topple them if it is too high.
I have to question if going faster is REALLY better. In 50-100 years we will effectively be immortal via genetic re-engineering. Within a couple hundred years will will be able to re-engineer our bodies to LIVE in space. If we travel at some percent the speed of light, then time dilation means we LOSE time relative to the rest of the universe. Effectively it is as though we were in hibernation even though we weren't - meanwhile the rest of the universe continued to learn and evolve. By the time we reach our destination we are like primitive amoeba compared to our counterparts left behind in Sol.
Faster, in and of itself, is preferable, but a lot will depend on your specific culture and technology and mission as to what the optimal speed is. I generally tend to expect manned colony ships would stick to
Fair point Erik ... I guess for me it's purely technological FOMO. Also, though, if only travelling to a near neighbor then within a few light years, then it's maybe not a huge gap in time ... travelling between galaxies however would be a massive. Andromeda being 2,000,000 l.y. away - if you could maintain a .5 to 1G acceleration you'd severely time-dilate.
Please explain the stellaser. How small or big can they get? How good are they in accelerating stuff? How do you extract that bouncing laser? What's that third mirror? Won't it mess up the bouncing? They are orbiting around Sun so how are you gonna keep it on target?
Nice video. Regarding the slow down problem, one technique that the NASA and other space agencies use is the gravity of the planets, moons or even the star we are visiting. The idea is to enter close in an orbit with that planet/star and just use fuel to pass from one orbit to other, like doing an spiral. This means that the ship will need to pass several times around the planet/star and when the speed is much less the use fuel to go to final destination.
Check out the "three body problem" trilogy bei Cixin Liu. Maybe the best books I have ever read and definitely what got me into scifi. I have been recommending them to Isaac for a while but said he got spoiled and has to wait until he forgets the plot ^^
Hey Isaac. I challange you to make space-battle-mechs a viable option for any reason you and your team of the Earth's brightest can come up with. Checkmate, mate.
I can’t help but feel that every Science fiction writer in the future is going to be influenced one way or another by this channel.
I can believe it
The entire way sci-fi writers were referred to was changed in 2035. They are called "Isaac Authors" now...but only if they are exceptional at what they do
You bet... (Writing sci-fi stuffs)
I sure would like the idea, but from what i am seeing the quality of entertainment - writers included - is currently declining rapidly with the current corporate climate of recycling and re-releasing old stuff over and over.
Ahmed Wael I already have a plan to make a manga series using the knowledge I’ve gained from watching his videos~
I'm remembered more about science from your channel than I ever did from classes.
The psychologist Peter Gray (lectures are on RUclips) wrote a book against compulsory schooling *and Steven Pinker wrote the praise for it.*
I've never been a big fan of it either, though it's probably necessary until a certain age, or at least the path of least resistance
Isaac Arthur
Do you agree with Pinkers optimism?
Isaac Arthur
If anything, I'd say the exact opposite thing: adolescent subjects (algebra, calculus, physics that involves those things...) are the ones where you can _most_ justify formal schooling, and little kids are the ones who most need _not_ to be in schools* - the more universal and obviously-useful something is, namely reading, writing, arithmetic, the _less_ there's a need to _make_ people learn it. Finland, at least, is half-way there; they start school at seven.
* Bearing in mind that I don't consider the likes of Sudbury Valley School to actually be a school - it's more like a modern-day analogue of the Environment of Evolutionary Adaptation, which nobody would call a school.
Coffee, go
Snack, go
Office chair / kickback engaged.
Arthursday go for launch!
+Isaac, I don't know how you guys do it but your videos keep getting better and better. Absolutely the very best channel on RUclips! Today is my son's birthday and I'm going to send this outstanding video. Thank you so very much.
Agreed.Always interesting and very informative.I hit like before I watch.
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+ben nichols; thank you very much, that was kind. With the help of modern technology we Skyped.
This is only my second video of Isaac's, but I have to say, his comments section, and your comment thread in particular, are just so pleasant, and such a nice thing to see on the internet. I'm glad you got to talk to your son.
The animation for these ships/ stations is epic
Yes the animation has gotten so much better in the last year or so. This channel just gets better and better. Also the music is just beautiful.
yeah, I am really happy to see Unity again, that was a very nice series, and like others say, the CGI keeps getting so much better. B)
Did you discover the 2.79 denoiser? :) That ship wharf must have been a ton of work!
If it's labelled "a stupidly powerful laser" by Isaac..
It might be my imagination, but I swear it sounds like Isaac nearly giggled a little after he said it. I know I did when I heard it. :-)
Definitely stirred a chuckle, Jeffrey :D
Great video again, as confidence in expectation keeps growing.. no pressure Mr. Arthur, Sir ;)
You know somebody is hatching a plan to abduct Isaac and put a laser on his forehead. Madness, of course. Sharks are better swimmers.
Then it is stupidly powerful, by definition
@@KeithSchultz1989 Then it is likely impossible, is the joke.
Yay! Ar-thursday. I was out shopping with my husband and told him I had to get home and see the new Isaac Arthur video. He gave me a sideways look and said, "You always run home on Thursdays. Should I be concerned?" I just smiled and replied, "I like big brains and I cannot lie."
The music and CG combinations illustrated the concepts so well it was almost a religious experience. Well done!
The graphics have really stepped up. My compliments to all hwho have given their efforts on this. Well done. And though it goes without saying, I will say it anyways - Isaac, your content is consistently outstanding. Thanks.
IA you are the best! Thanks for your work!
shit days at work can be washed away into the cosmic sea by the soothing contemplations of the future depicted by you and those that help you.. thank you Isaac for being a beacon of light in the void
People in the 1880s I’m sure fantasized about “the astounding wonders” of 2018. It’s great to think about the future. But don’t mourn the world you’re in. It’s a pretty great one
Yet another top-notch and thought-provoking look at what the future will hopefully hope for humanity. Your videos have me excited for the the future and crossing my fingers we figure out life extension tech before I die so I can witness our colonization of space. SFIA forever 🍻
Joe Farah I want to become an immortal cyborg and have AI robowifu....
You used the term "Colonial Fleet" That made me happy. So Say we all!
Chronus so say we all
SO DAY WE ALL FRAC IT ;)
So say we all.
Keep up the incredible work Isaac.
Nobody keeps my attention for 30 minutes better than Issac. Love the videos.
Arthursday... *BEST DAY OF THE WEEK!!* as always Isaac another great episode so good in fact it makes my coffee even better!! Lol thank you for never giving up!
I'm really impressed by how you manage to put these out every week. I know you have a bunch of people to take care of the video editing and graphics, but even with that, it would probably take me a few months to research, write, revise, and record something like this.
The kids TV series "Les Argonautes" (Télé Québec) used the concept of a colonization fleet, where there were a few core ships containing the industrial base, and hindreds of small "family home" ships that were relatively autonomous. The plot included many cases where one of the industrial core ships is used to 3D print or create replacement parts for the other core ships when they are damaged, or even to build a new "family home" ship when one is destroyed.
One of your best Isaac! The mental image of a giant 3D continent of tethered space-cities blew my mind. Incredible.
Glad you're addressing this subject in the manner you are. I've always been fascinated by generation ships.
Absolutely, the best space-related videos on RUclips. Better than most movies! FIVE STARS
Okay, now THIS is epic
The 5G evasive maneuver reminded me of a scene from a show called Knights of Sidonia. A rediculausly huge generation ship had to do a double digit high G emergency maneuver and something like 1/3 of its crew died as a result. I don't remember the exact g-force but I do remember thinking that it would kill a bunch of people. I also don't remember the exact death toll but it was insanely high.
For double digit G forces 1/3 of the population seems pretty low.
@@garethbaus5471 the crew had been genetically modified to better survive in space so the high G's may not have been as big of a problem for them as I first thought. Splattering against the wall when their safety harnesses broke was the problem graphically depictedin the scene.
The ship was built out of a hollowed our asteroid and was something like 1000 years old. It had several large open areas inside that contained small cities. Some walls broke, and many hard points that people tethered themselves to failed. People would essentially fall sideways for a quarter mile before hitting a main bulkhead or building at several times terminal velocity.
I have spent countless hours watching your videos years now and I think they are of tremendous insight on each futuristic subject probably the best I have seen on RUclips. By the way, something I wanted to write to you a lot time you have the most stylish, awesome narrator voice ever.
I'm so happy I decided to wake up today.
Happy Arthursday folks!
Why this guy do not have a million subscribers is beyond me...keep it up Isaac :)
I listened to the "Rendevouz with Rama" audiobook on your recommendation, it was great
pancreas so did I! I just got done with it. I’m working my way though all of isaacs recommendations
pancreas Isaac: please you your tremendous power to get Audible to get the other books from the Rama group done. At 275k subscribers, you must have the power to tell amazon what to do...
I've only listened to the first hour and I already love it.
Fantastic novel. I read it when I was a teen back in the 70s and have reread it a couple of times in the decades since. I've hoped for a movie version for over 30 years.
Isaac interview??? Yes please!!!! Can’t wait to hear it.
I feel like 50% of this goes over my head every week but man I learn a lot.
This channel deserves 10 million subs.
This is easily my favorite RUclips channel of all time, nothing else holds my attention quite like you do, I hope the governments of the world go on to learn some things from you, and begin applying the concepts presented in these videos, been here since just before 10k subs. Im so glad you're getting all the attention you deserve so much, let's hope you get about 10x more here in the future
You're really doing some of the greatest documentaries on RUclips. I'm always eager to see a new vid. Keep up the truely excellent work.
This channel is one of my favourites. Im half way in to the episode, but can already say the quality is what I exepted. I am entertained 😁
Isaac this is an inspirational channel!
Very nice CGI, as usual!
:-)
When you built enough arcologies in Sim City 2000, your city's population would exodus
Oh yea, SPOILER ALERT!!!!
I remember that, I really loved SimCity and 2k, but found most versions since then a bit underwhelming
Great video sir. I like how all the other science channels I like all come back to saying how your channel is one to strive for. Curious Droid and Answers with Joe are two of my other favorites. I'm really looking forward to September's video.
I keep hearing comparisons to aircraft carriers but the private sector has already matched that for fun, literally.
"The gross tonnage of Oasis of the Seas is 225,282. Her displacement-the actual mass of the vessel-is estimated at approximately 100,000 metric tons (110,000 short tons), slightly less than that of an American Nimitz-class aircraft carrier."
What would that be like to be born on a generation ship with no chance of getting to the destination? Would it drive people mad to know that they are stuck on that ship for their entire lives? That's the topic that most excites me.
That's a fair point but as far as a 'cage' goes this is a pretty good one. Although If I had VR with a finished Star Citizen game I might legitimately never leave the house with uber eats and Amazon deliveries. Maybe it's not so bad after all :)
Plus if one doesn't know about/experience living outside the cage, then there simply might not be any feeling of being caged.
How many generations of Christians have lived and died, knowing they would never see the Second Coming? (I'm sure other religions have comparable things, but I don't know them.) Humans are pretty good at ignoring what their ideologies say their purpose should be.
J.J. Shank perhaps it doesn't,but that is the point.Only the first generation of said ship agreed to the mission.
@@IntrepidDawn Maybe our destination is in a super computer. But we may never reach our destination.
Just letting you know I've been following for a while and your channel has become my favorite on RUclips. Great work and I hope you'll reach over a million subscribers.
Really liked this one. Also, nice touch with Ayreon on the end credits.
I started watching your videos a few months ago and it has quickly become one of my favorite series! Keep up the great work!
And now for the best commute of the week!! Thank you Isaac!!
Yassssss! A new SFIA video, always looking forward to it thanks Isaac!
Man I remember when your channel had only about 50k subs... now look at it! Well done Isaac. I always look forward to your vids.
I love that once a week i get to completely shut down and immerse myself into the void of space and watch the probable future prospects of humanity unfold on my phone in a dark room and with, of course, my snack and drink lol.
channel growing FAST, keep up the good work
Hi Arthur,
After seeing this video for the second time, I got an idea of how to brake a starship at the destination star.
Instead of using the braking method you suggest by sending a series of starships each braking a little and thereby helping the next, I suggest this:
1) Send your starship using stellaser
2) Your starship is a giant "Mass driver" that can accellerate packages (Projectiles) using magnetism.
3) When approaching the destination star, fire off Projectiles in a series of shots. This will slow you a little down.
3a) The projectiles will have the speed of your Starship and the speed added by the Mass driver.
3b) The Projectiles is fired in a way that they will slingshot around the star and come back to you.
3c) The "giant Massdriver starship" can now catch the projectiles doing the reverse of firing off projectiles.
(And possible magnetically adjusting projectiles' flight-vector before catching them, like a buzzard ramjet is thought to do with hydrogen)
3d) Your speed will be greatly reduced by "catching" these high-speed projectiles.
3e) The faster your starship goes, the faster the projectiles are.
3f) You only have to add "a little" energy to the projectiles, not much matter. And you can regain your mass by catching it going back to you.
4) Of course you will have to be very exact at firing the projectiles, and it's potential dangerous, but hey this is SFIA :-)
5) You will actually be able to accellerate using this "mass-less" technique as well.
6) As long as we depend on mass for propulsion, this has to be the most efficient way of accellerating. Only adding energy for accelleration.
7) Without doing any math, I can conceive that only a smaller mass (maybe 1% of the starship) needs to be projectiles for any starship speed.
(remembering 3a, and the fact that you can adjust the parameters to fit: firing time, projectiles speed etc.)
What do you think?
Isn't this a way better way of braking a high speed spacecraft at the destination?
Please let me now if you think this is conceiveable.
You can't realistically slingshot a high speed projectile around a star, that only works if it's moving in the zone of that star's escape velocity, way under even 1% of light speed, and it's also speeding up as it approaches from that same gravity pulling it toward it.
Isaac Arthur I see, thank you for your elaboration.
I've always been fond of "Exodus Fleets" the idea of a species being forced off their home world is, deeply in thrilling to me.
Thanks Isaac, great stuff! Thinking about things like this make me feel more optimistic about the future, and think if there is anything I can do to help bring it to pass. Channels like this are especially necessary in these times of great uncertainty and stress. Thanks.
LEAD US ISSAC!!!!
You are THE CLAW!!!!
Pick me!!!
Lolz sorry. I was watching toy story yesterday. Checking for Mandela’s, obviously....
ALL HAIL THE CLAW
Unforgettable episode, Isaac! Always look forward to Thursdays.
Another video that gets my mind racing. You and your teams efforts always make me smile and hopeful for the future. Goes great with lunch or washing dishes.
I am also currently listening to "Rendezvous with Rama" that you recommended and am loving it right now.
I am looking forward to the next episodes, especially "Jobs of the Future", something humanity really needs to confront right now.
Congratulations on meeting your Patreon goal, you deserve it.
Hey Isaac! I'm a big fan of your channel, love the ideas and the way you present them. You just keep getting better and better!
Yeeeees. After a day of mundane household tasks, this makes me happy
I was thinking (dangerous, i know). If a Generator Starship used a Bussard ramjet to slowdown, could it provide neutrons (from fusion) and protons that could transmute nuclear waste back into nuclear fuel or RTGs? Deceleration and storied energy! Great program, BTW.
On the Spaceship Named Desire - "Lt. Kowalski. the sails are deployed, ask for a push." "HEY STELLASER!! STELLASER!!!"
Anyone else get into revelation space because of Isaac?
Holy shit that some good hard SciFi, almost finished with absolution gap and what a ride it is
interesting idea and method to send laser hardware ahead of the fleet for the slow down mechanism. I'm sure this content will become a study reference for future space faring entrepreneurs.you are a man way ahead of your times Isaac.
Yet another awesome video Isaac! I look forward to your videos each week. I love what you do, man. Keep it up!
Thanks for uploading, Isaac.
really uped the model quality good job to whoever does that.
Absolutely brilliant video! CGI is space tech!
06:26 -> Extra credits for getting away from that irritating "newman probe" that many english speakers falsely produce.
Colour me impressed, isaac!
28 minute video posted 3 minutes ago, 50 views, 24 likes.
Umbrash time travelers such as myself love Isaac's videos. I was going to post before you did by using my time machine but I'm eating chips and I don't want to get the controls dirty.
And the obligatory thumbs down.
I would love to see space military sagas made into movies with this animation. Frontier Saga would be a good one.
Keep it up man.
One of your best videos yet, Arthur, great work!!!
awsome vid isaac
This channel deserves 100mill subs
I can't help but be excited for the future
So excited to watch this! Im sure it's a going to be great!
Excellent. Colony ships are like scouts.
Love this channel. I look forward to every thursday
Well, for "Generation Ships" I definitely argued that the journey was at least as important as the destination, and that it should be done in "grand fashion." After that comment thread discussion, I'm not sure what else to add besides fiddling details... but this was a great new episode as always! :)
Are you familiar with Knights of Sidonia(SIdonia no Kishi)? It has both a manga and animated version(available on netflix i think). The manga is a bit more detailed(and the CG animation style can be difficult for some to adjust to)but both have some excellent generation ship designs as well as interesting speculative science concepts and several examples of mega-engineering.
Your the man Isaac keep on bringing it
Awesome. Thank you!
Happy Arthursday!!!!!!
Yay!! Happy arthursday!
"If you're worried about skills and abilities being lost during a voyage of many centuries or even millennia..." I recommend SkillShare.
It occurs to me (and my next book will include this concept) that a ship that leaves Earth in 2050 using whatever tech we have at that time might be surpassed by a later ship using better tech that is developed later. Imagine that a 'century ship' with a projected travel time of 100 years might arrive at their destination only to find that a faster ship with better tech left 50 years later but arrived a decade earlier.
It would be pretty awesome for someone who never lived on a ship arrive to the horizon of a planet and look down on the endless options awaiting you on the surface. Great graphics! 6:14
Happy Arthursday everyone!!!
Another awesome video bro. Thanks for sharing.
When you talk about transporting ecologies, please talk about how acceleration could affect trees, especially in rotating habitats. Specifically, if acceleration of the ship occurs along the axis of a rotating cylinder, any trees standing along the inside surface of the cylinder would experience an apparent horizontal force, which could potentially topple them if it is too high.
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I have to question if going faster is REALLY better. In 50-100 years we will effectively be immortal via genetic re-engineering. Within a couple hundred years will will be able to re-engineer our bodies to LIVE in space. If we travel at some percent the speed of light, then time dilation means we LOSE time relative to the rest of the universe. Effectively it is as though we were in hibernation even though we weren't - meanwhile the rest of the universe continued to learn and evolve. By the time we reach our destination we are like primitive amoeba compared to our counterparts left behind in Sol.
Faster, in and of itself, is preferable, but a lot will depend on your specific culture and technology and mission as to what the optimal speed is. I generally tend to expect manned colony ships would stick to
Tyler Jordan, ever heard of God?, think he is amused by this?, just a warning.
What is that implying?
Fair point Erik ... I guess for me it's purely technological FOMO. Also, though, if only travelling to a near neighbor then within a few light years, then it's maybe not a huge gap in time ... travelling between galaxies however would be a massive. Andromeda being 2,000,000 l.y. away - if you could maintain a .5 to 1G acceleration you'd severely time-dilate.
Why bodies? Forget this obsolete ANIMALism.
Please explain the stellaser. How small or big can they get? How good are they in accelerating stuff? How do you extract that bouncing laser? What's that third mirror? Won't it mess up the bouncing? They are orbiting around Sun so how are you gonna keep it on target?
Nice video. Regarding the slow down problem, one technique that the NASA and other space agencies use is the gravity of the planets, moons or even the star we are visiting. The idea is to enter close in an orbit with that planet/star and just use fuel to pass from one orbit to other, like doing an spiral. This means that the ship will need to pass several times around the planet/star and when the speed is much less the use fuel to go to final destination.
Sweet new vid.
Great work isaac
275k subcribers almost 300k wow
Isaac I LOVE this Video and your Positive attitude in moving forward ! I am still wishing for Star Trek !
Great video. I recommend watching the movie 'Passengers'
It has been out 14 minutes (at least for me). How did you already watch it?
Are you an AI?
Check out the "three body problem" trilogy bei Cixin Liu. Maybe the best books I have ever read and definitely what got me into scifi. I have been recommending them to Isaac for a while but said he got spoiled and has to wait until he forgets the plot ^^
Passengers is light on the science though, i wouldn't really consider it more that getting a feel.
First flick that popped into my head was "Pandorum"
Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Isaac
Brilliant!
Amazing video isaac
The double Stellaser idea is really cool!
Hey Isaac. I challange you to make space-battle-mechs a viable option for any reason you and your team of the Earth's brightest can come up with. Checkmate, mate.
Man, I love your videos.