The episode explores the issues regarding the settlement of other solar systems and galaxies. How do you build a Space Ark? SLS rockets take the components of the spacecraft shipyard into space. A platform is put together, and a giant ship is built, with raw materials being delivered from the asteroid belt. What will propel the Ark to the required speed? Antimatter is too hard to control, so fusion may be the answer. How do you stop muscles from atrophying? Create a centrifugal (or, physicists will say more precisely, centripetal) force by spinning the living quarters to achieve 1 g. How do you protect against radiation? A layer of hydrogen will absorb the high-energy particles. How do you avoid mental breakdowns of people who are locked together in a highly vulnerable tin can? Put them into suspended animation. What if the planet at the other end doesn't have Earth-like conditions? Genetically alter the settlers; for example, using tardigrade-like tricks to increase resilience. How do you go faster than the speed of light? Warp drives and wormholes, of course! The last few minutes are dedicated to the idea of blindly tossing pods full of human genomes into space, which, in my idea, is a waste of resources, and potentially more dangerous than beneficial.
What's interesting, and annoying, is that the show's sound department sticks sound FX everywhere - even places where there's supposed no medium for sound to propagate through.
8/10; definitely worth seeing.
What's interesting, and annoying, is that the show's sound department sticks sound FX everywhere - even places where there's supposed no medium for sound to propagate through.
8/10; definitely worth seeing.
