Microgravity Will Change How We Make Everything

Microgravity can be used to unlock old materials and make new ones in ways that can’t be replicated on Earth. Private companies know this, and are leading the charge toward the next gold rush. But can they turn low Earth orbit into a home for the next industrial revolution?
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I would enjoy this more if you guys weren't running so many ads that I feel embarrassed for you

[@SuperDarvit]

This was really interesting. I feel that space junk should have gotten a mention though. All that business in space might just be blocked of in future by millions of destructive trash particles whizzing around in our orbit(s). The more there is, the more collides, the smaller the pieces get until it sets off an unstoppable chain reaction that will take any satellites out. ... or make a video on concepts to a solution? :D

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Not enough on climate change and what we can do!

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Definitely a better communication method than news anchors talking to you on TV I think!

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Please keep this series going! Best I've seen in years!

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Were going to have products that are labeled “made in space”.

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China gonna take this to the next lèvel with made in china space.

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@Oh Yeah Yeah Commander fuckin star wars

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@Oh Yeah Yeah Commander such a joke lol

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HyDragon . Yep, China will lead the market in manufactured organs, but will the organs be manufactured or harvested.

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@Su30mki Just put the Trumpanzies in Fema camps , and harvest them. That way society can get some use out of them.

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Most underrated series on youtube. Thank you, Bloomberg!

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Underrated : 1m views. 🙄

[@chris55top]

These guys are 3D printing new human organs because they don't want to give up those sweet sweet donuts.

[@trz6952]

Sounds like a quote from a song

[@aniksamiurrahman6365]

It got it exact opposite. These guys are 3D printing new human organs cos they can't allow employees to have a healthy work-life balance and allow time for exercise or even family.

[@JasonVectrex_187]

There hearts are all going to give out a few decades earlier. Not to mention the liver and kidneys. And probably lungs from smoking too. They were all obese. Circulatory issues with blood flow. They need everything. Lol

[@klanny22]

@@aniksamiurrahman6365 You do realise it’s not the company who decides NASA’s schedule? NASA decides when the astronauts conduct experiments on the ISS. If that happens at 3AM in America and they decide to use the printer, that’s when the company needs to be available. It’s not an everyday occurrence

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@@klanny22 Where does NASA comes from? I'm talking about regenerative medicine and what it actually means to you and me.

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This series is great! Different aspects of space you wouldn't necessarily think of!

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Sutcian exactly

[@losikhin]

Now I understand what sort of research experiments astronauts do on ISS. Thank you Bloomberg.

[@ghffrsfygdhfjkjiysdz]

Space manufacturing is definitely an interesting field. The problem is that there is no value in space. This means the things manufactured in space must ultimately create a product for consumption on earth. The bio-printing and fiber optics are most certainly two of such applications, but we need to invent more. Many will fall off of space limited products. For example the optical fiber may be possible to manufacture on earth at higher temperatures and pressures in a heavy fluid essentially simulating zero-G environment via buoyancy. Naturally biological applications are limited to lower temperature range hence making them unique to space manufacturing; but we need to invent more products.

[@WildsDreams45]

Q:Why do we need to go into space? A:Tax exemptions

[@TheInsaneupsdriver]

sales tax.

[@edensw4587]

Because Earth is unliveable. Our home is ruined so naturally humans will think of ways on how to survive. With this being said, space is the new place we can call home while Mars is not yet ready for inhabitation.

[@WildsDreams45]

@@edensw4587 Nope. Tax exemptions are way more important than the planet or the future of humanity and that's why they're our only hope.

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I wish this show will have a thousand episodes

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I would watch them all

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Give it time

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I wouldn't call space an _extraordinary_ environment. I think _we're_ living in the extraordinary environment, cosmically speaking.

[@larrysouthern5098]

Yes..............

[@CountingStars333]

That is true.

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It is true when we see it from earth. It is not true when you see space from space. Everything is only 50% true depending on you point of view.

[@notlessgrossman163]

@Bainsworth Indeed I do hope we can live in space. If anything, people will understand the importance of life support systems. We take clean air for granted, in space it's a very important necessity.

[@compteofficiel4112]

Pretty sad that instead of exploring, understanding, and preserving the eden we have here, we are spending so much effort and attention on a dangerous cold vacuum... 99% of the oceans haven't even been explored. New creatures (even up to species of whales, sharks, as well as the occasional large land animal) are discovered with great regularity, and we are still trying to understand how the ecosystem works, how our own bodies function even Crooked central banks and governments have no problem shovelling trillions into banks and large businesses, but have no interest in giving a dime to save the Amazon, to support green energy, to invest in basic scientific research, to take care of actual human beings on this planet... We are proving ourselves to be just selfish, greedy, murderous apes unworthy of continued existence as a species. Too bad we have to take down everything else, though.

[@imadethiscomment5663]

This series is so epic. I've heard knowledgeable people talk about the potential for industry in space, but this series has introduced me to companies that are actually aiming their sights at space right now. Thank you so much, Bloomberg! I hope you continue to invest more resources into making videos like this.

[@micig123]

If you 3d print in space because it's too expensive to send up ready-made - because of weight - isn't the weight still the same because you still have to send the material into space to 3d print?

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I just watched all three series. Love all the information I got.

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Lucky for you there’s now a 4th

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@@QueenetBowie yep. Watched it within hours of is release.

[@brucecampbell6133]

Life develops, self-assembles, behaves as life in the terrestrial environment (with gravity). It is the exposure to to gravity, temperature differences, sun, wind, the body's endocrine system and other biology/microbiome, etc., that makes an organ or organism resilient, integrated and able to survive and flourish in that environment. It will be interesting to see how companies like Techshot address these complexities. Still sounds more like a Jarvik heart than the real thing.

[@TallinuTV]

When you combine in-space manufacturing capabilities like Archinaut with larger payload capacities like Starship and New Glenn, it's really going to open the door for serious large-scale construction! Bigger satellites are just the beginning. Think larger rotating space stations to provide simulated gravity, construction in orbit of vehicles that will never land on Earth, and so on... Science fiction just keeps getting more real every day.

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What an amazing series ! Loved all 3 episodes so far.

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3:41 this shot perfectly incapsulates modern day NASA 👏 bravo

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"One of the challenges with this business model is you need a gold rush". Nailed it.

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Me: how detailed do you want to make this series Bloomberg: YES

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And here just across the street from the techshot hq is their old motel with a poweraid bottle full of piss sitting there. 10:45

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Bloomberg is going off on these videos Good job! I'm 14 and Bloomberg videos is really helpful.

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I'm 14 too!

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*Bloomberg videos are

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meaty wheelchair it’s crazy that I just saw your name on either a Disrupt or Barely Sociable video. Your name stands out!

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@@themultiverse5447 heh, thanks

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I really love this series. Is exactly what I needed

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I absolutely love this series so far. Great job!

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Thanks for Sharing this Bloomberg! How many videos are planned in this series?

[@business]

Thanks for watching! We're releasing 4 episodes this week, so be sure to check daily.

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@@business I just subbed!

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We could only imagine what the future of space look like in the year 2100!

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Imagine being in space all alone, eating brick food and always at constant risk of danger, talking to your boss on earth while he's eating donuts and drinking coffee with the boys

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Wow, this is a mind changing, thought provoking series, very insightful too, thanks Bloomberg.

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I am so in love with this series..

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Bloomberg - this is a great series looking forward to the next episode

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I worked on a production line and about once a year some kind of accident would happen that involved a machine doing something unexpected and something breaking. Imagining that above my head as widgets turn into missiles isn't fun.

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This series puts a smile on my face.

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Yes ....I agree!!!

[@carso1500]

imagine in the future having an organ that was PRINTED IN A SPACE STATION thats sounds soo sci fi but it could perfectly become a reality in a couple of years

[@richie1326]

Great content!! Thank you for this. Absolutely fascinating stuff, especially for anyone already interested in STEM and the industrial/manufacturing advances that may come from it. Are we witnessing another industrial revolution? Economic historians may think so, seeing parallels with the past, but others may see some of this activity as highly speculative VC/investor driven gambling. Watching this is like seeing science fiction and reality overlapping. Very thought provoking stuff....

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i love this series, amazing job bloomberg.

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This is awesome! Thanks Bloomberg for the quality content!

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Fantastic series, the positivity is so refreshing. Share it far and wide!

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*This is a great commercial for Techshot*

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Awesome. Their eating habits though! They’ll need those organs.

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They need more investors and documentary ad is way to go.

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My thoughts exactly

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Great work! Looking forward to more episodes! Subscribed.

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Fantastic series guys please keep them coming!

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Great work !!

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Love love love science. In love with space & in love with humanity!! Jeff is my spirit animal lol

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Great video series Bloomberg, thank you

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The outside of the gravity field thinking going on right now is amazing! Fantastic series, Bloomberg!

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06:30 "señor Chang" no?

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The best series Bloomberg has ever done period

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Thanks for making this. It's fantastic!!!

[@TheLunacyofOurTimes]

It's a bright spot in the world to see companies puzzling out how to do productive things in space. Now, that said, I'm glad they're focusing on the things I'll need when I live on Elysium.

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I hope you have a rich family.

[@TheLunacyofOurTimes]

@@johndawson6057 Apparently you don't do sarcasm. Go away. You are not worthy.

[@sriccharon4398]

this could be far away from present day but just imagine factories in space and we use earth just to produce food.(agriculture)

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*Nah nobody will abandon earth. You will just have to be super rich to live there*

[@robdeskrd]

Artificial organ replacements made in space, i bet these will affordable for the masses

[@CountingStars333]

Especially when we have no jobs.

[@ProteusTG]

They have also near vacuum. A lot of money is spent on vacuum equipment on earth. In space any vacuum related processes would be simplified. Any cryogenics would also benefit. I would argue that quantum computers can be built in space much simpler.

[@maceguy1080]

Incredibly informative. Thank you Bloomberg!

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Is that a piss bottle bruh 10:45. On the middle right side. 😂😂

[@richardgrant9590]

In space we will definetly need to pee.

[@shanelee8085]

They need to build the structures with materials in space not bring it from earth

[@johnpepin5373]

You are right but, initially materials will have to be lifted from Earth. Once the infrastructure is built... the means to get materials from the asteroids, the Moon and NEOs will become possible, even as the return on doing so diminishes.

[@larrysouthern5098]

That's why it's imperative we go back to the moon and stay.....and build from there... it's a natural launch base!!!....( it probably was a long time ago in our past).....

[@helenn6061]

They must also try to find ways to recycle decommissioned satellites to design and build satellites with off-earth parts only. There's thousands of unused chips, metal, foil and solar arrays flying around doing nothing

[@compteofficiel4112]

you should read up on the concept of a "space elevator" ....it is doable....probably will be a bit dodgy overall, but while it functions a large amount of stuff can be send up for a tiny fraction of the costs involved today. huge investment opportunity actually (Elon, are you listening????)

[@compteofficiel4112]

@@helenn6061 doing nothing but posing incredibly dangerous Russian Roulette situations for anyone or anything in orbit...and yet we continue to litter more and more junk up there... do the physics of what kind of kinetic energy 89,000MPH provides to even a dime-sized piece of metal or something

[@metafuel]

Fantastic and interesting series. Thank you.

[@rowansavage9371]

This is an excellent video. Thank you for producing and sharing it.

[@RudyAmid]

We're so used to "Print & Go" on Earth, now we have to start getting used to "Go & Print" in Space.

[@andrewreynolds9371]

Microgravity manufacturing: the 'get-rich-quick scheme of the space age. I've been following space since the 1980's, and it's *still* 'coming real soon '.

[@favesongslist]

Big problem here is no one has a clue what they are talking about, the ISS is not in microgravity; it is in almost in the same gravity as we are on the surface of the Earth :( It would help if they understood better how gravity affects things to freefall on the ISS.

[@andrewreynolds9371]

@@favesongslist okay, I'll bite, in what universe does the ISS have the same gravity as the surface of the Earth? Is the microgravity field there as pure as it could be? No, but that in no way makes it comparable to the Earth's surface.

[@favesongslist]

@@andrewreynolds9371 The ISS is in over 90% of Earths Gravity, Gravity is the theory where two masses are affected by the curvature of space/time, the velocity of the ISS is what keeps it in orbit around the Earth causing a sensation of freefall similar to an aircraft doing parabolic flights where Gforce can be zero but Gravity is almost still 9.8N. The ISS is only about 200 miles above Earth-where, according to Newton, gravity is almost as strong as it is here on the ground(surface of Earth). There is no such thing as Zero Gravity as far as anyone knows; in our Universe. I am not sure about Lagrange points where gravitational effects maybe balance each other. I am also not sure what you mean by 'microgravity field'.

[@vishalsanjay4017]

Such technologies coupled with a functional skyhook could make such ventures very lucrative in the future.

[@ah1rooivalk]

Better keep those industries in orbit clean otherwise Kessler Syndrome.

[@janskacel9480]

Kessler syndrome is not that big of a deal. Orbit deteriorate faster, the smaller debris is. Better tracking would be nice, but threats are manageable as things are. And for industries - they will probably use LEO anyway.

[@ah1rooivalk]

@@janskacel9480 I am hopeful of the future, humanity must just be responsible. As far as we can be.

[@ricardobimblesticks1489]

@@janskacel9480 I think you are confusing space junk with the Kessler syndrome. The syndrome is the exact point that space junk becomes a big deal, it's an exponential chain reaction of collisions and debris. I do agree indusries will likely use LEO in part to avoid this situation.

[@dhgfffhcdujhv5643]

Let me get this right ... They decided to save the costs on payload with a printer arm attached to a satelite so it can build solar panels once satelite is in place. Realy ? ... So the printer is going to get materials to build the solar panels out of where ? Isnt it the same payload if the solar panels were already built and just auto assemble ?

[@skyfish8781]

I think the idea is that you save money and weight using a printer instead of developing complex folding mechanisms. I'm not sure if this is the best way about it but that's the idea.

[@allamasadi7970]

Great Series!

[@mogamer8953]

It is an honor to be able to feel the early journey of space exploration

[@scimaniac]

Can’t wait to see the Death Star built in my lifetime.

[@arbaz79]

What is Death Star?

[@alexocnean460]

@@arbaz79 its a weapon of mass destruction from star wars

[@BeHappyTo]

no, too many workers and materials needed, needs few generations further

[@Inj3x]

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ materials from space, robot workers never stopping

[@BeHappyTo]

@@Inj3x in our generation? With current degeneracy and politics? Do you know how big death star is?

[@Mikeandmads]

My son is 3... When can he become an astronaut? 😂 Awesome 👏👊🏻

[@TheDennys21]

If space industrialization happens Earth's orbit will become so polluted with all kinds of trash it will become impossible to launch anything into space without it getting destroyed by the space debris orbiting Earth.

[@chrism.1131]

We can now build space elevators from current materials. Just as rockets are built with multiple stages, so could a space elevator be built with multiple stages but the heavy lifting on a space elevator is at the center. At G.E.O. where gravity is virtually zero, there is no weight penalty for having multiple tethers. By using multiple tethers at the center ( for greatest strength ) and fewer tethers as you move away from center ( for lesser amounts of mass ), you avoid the problem of not having a material which is both light and strong enough. Liftport has plans to build a Lunar elevator from high-strength para-aramid fibres (such as Kevlar and M5) or ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene fibre. Using that same material for an Earth based elevator would reach the lunar gravity center (about 9,000 km AGL) approx. 1/6 G. Add this new concept and you could reach Earth’s surface.

[@thefrub]

20:25 In what universe is a 3D Printer simpler than folding solar panels? You still need to bring all the materials to make the panels, plus the weight of the printer

[@klugshicer]

Everything you launch has to be able to withstand the tremendous forces during launch. Folding mechanisms get progressively more complex with bigger panels while the relative weight of the 3D printer becomes less and less significant.

[@whatabouttheearth]

I beleive part of the idea is to get the materials from the moon or mars

[@jamesboyddotorg]

"visionaries who succeed attach their vision to an incremental pathway"

[@Reneza66]

Excellent series

[@steeneugenpoulsen8174]

It's incorrect to say gravity is gone in space, it's effect is reduced. If you put two astronauts 20 meters from each other in space, they FALL towards each other because ALL mass creates gravity, so the astronauts body is a source of gravity. We do have some points where it might be possible to use multiple objects gravity to cancel out each other, but it's not going to be easy, also you might leave the solar system and go into deep space and while that would create the weakest gravity environment possible, it's hardly a no brainer to get there and back.

[@theTrainEngine]

This actually made me finally sign up as an organ donor.

[@romchompa6858]

certain paramedics wont try so hard to save you if you do that.

[@fernandovazquezcueto9606]

How would they even know? Do you have to carry some sort of identification on you instead of some sort of database in the US?

[@KLNT_BeastWood]

It's on your i.d lol

[@lits0_042]

The people on the i.s.s. are effected by almost the same amount of gravity as the average person on Earth. "Microgravity" is a poor name for the way you're using it. I'd expect more from people who get paid to put this together. The reason why people float on the i.s.s. isn't because they're out of Earth's gravitational pull, rather they are in a constant of falling around the Earth's curve.

[@uniquechannelnames]

It's a label people understand this isn't a technical video, it's sci publishing, they have to simplify somewhat.

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Awesome video please Bloomberg finance more of these videos

[@stainlesssteelfox1]

If Starship continues to be developed to a fully working system the cost to orbit could be less than $100 per kg rather than more than $10,000. Elon Musk reckons $2 million per hundred ton payload launch, or $20 per kg, but even if it's 5 times that, reducing the cost by a factor of 100 opens up far more posibilities.

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The world is great

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@no one Having hate for humans is a sign of severe mental illness. You know that right?

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@no one Yes you must totally be fun at parties saying to everyone that they are parasites

[@ZeloticMemes]

@no one As I was the one joking and ur the one taking my first comment seriously I believe this is the reverse.

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Alright Bloomberg, you finally did something right. Keep up with this kind of content.

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Amazing video Bloomberg!

[@bassemb]

16:38 Companion cube

[@FurryEskimo]

Am I the only one extremely concerned by this? Mostly since we agreed years ago the commercializing space is super dangerous, since it could lead to stuff like, wars in space, where the resources are so huge it may just, never end..

[@R.U.1.2.]

Yes, it was through a proclamation by the U.N., I believe, that would not allow the weaponization of space for any purpose, ad infinitum.

[@joshking5884]

When you can explain everything about gravity, then I'll use it

[@rancors1]

You need space stations-and not small ones. Do low orbit ones to receive materials. Then send them up the line to the large facility in stages. We don't have materials strong enough to make elevators yet. We do have the ability to build jump stations to overcome the gravity well economically. It's all about using interia to best advantage.

[@nileshrajput986]

in school we were taught of the industrial age, and Bloomberg is teaching about the Space Industrialization! great learning curve! This show shows the potential of the human mind! Great! Want more of such content!

[@supersquare]

1:11 Elun Mosk

[@wfjhDUI]

This is neat but it sounds extremely impractical. For this to make sense you'd need to be making something that's so fragile that it must be manufactured in zero-gravity, that will be durable enough to survive re-entry, that could justify the enormous cost of a space launch and recovery, and that couldn't instead be manufactured on a reduced-gravity aircraft. ZBLAN is the most convincing example but why not just make it on planes?

[@ctakitimu]

Wow! I learned stuff today. Thanks!

[@dylanfisher6042]

As a satellite operator by trade, and space enthusiast by night. Hats off to Bloomberg (and the editors) for stitching together an extraordinary insight into a 'now' recognized booming industry. I first joint the space industry, with a mindset thinking money in space could ONLY be made in three categories Communication, Navigation and Remote Sensing. However, in just a little over 3 years of working in the field it's incredible to see the wealth and potential now seen by entrepreneurs and investors for improving and expanding civilization on Earth... or perhaps elsewhere?

[@EstebanArias93]

10 yr later my son asks me: - daddy, is it true that in the past you could see stars in the night instead of all those ads and casinos? - yeah, we used to go out and smoke weed and not worry about being watched 24/7 from the skies.

[@CountingStars333]

Lmao

[@angusbodle1054]

"Ellen mosk"

[@davidbarnett1631]

awsome, series.

[@DJRonnieG]

Pretty cozy. I would build an observatory into a corner of that bed room.

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This is my first time in my life i have been the first comment

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You can easily find a tone of KZbin videos without comments at all

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And most likely you are not the first. As 100 other people that write first in the comments, youtube doesnt update comments immediately. There is a delay. You would never know.

[@iAnon666]

"Ellen Musk" 1:10

[@BrianMPrime]

Amazing. ZBLAN's development reminds me of the plot of Andy Weir's book "Artemis"

[@smaronboruah1921]

Wow Bloomberg you stepped up!

[@maddog2314]

Throwing in random soundbytes of people eating food in a technology/science showcase is completely gratuitous, eww.

[@kula_lala739]

Omg someones eating

[@michaeljamescollins6800]

Why bother making expensive organs in space when we can just harvest them on earth? 🇨🇳

[@limitlessxmarketing4358]

Amazing work for sure 😎👏

[@TheRedfull]

Great documentary