Unlimited Resources From Space - Asteroid Mining

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Things this video summarizes perfectly: - Why mine asteroids - How asteroids would be mined - Why this channel is amazing

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And how cheap rockets kill birds

[@Woopor]

The end of the video had me super exited, because unlike Dyson Spheres and other megastructures, asteroid mining like this could realistically happen before 2050 if the governments of the earth stop fighting over land and oil and actually focused on improving our future.

[@outofthebox9699]

I will do it in the 30s and 40s, you in?

[@outofthebox9699]

Governments are not needed, we are here, the companies are ready for the race in the 2030s.

[@outofthebox9699]

@arianna sure :))

[@PaulodeMelo]

Wouldn't really change much. Instead of fighting for land and oil, they would fight over asteroids.

[@MarkIsTiredAlways]

​@@PaulodeMelothere are hundreds of thousands of asteroids I dont think they will fight over it since there is so much asteroids to mine.

[@callmeaweeb4169]

Imagine mining an asteroid and then all of a sudden a gang of Space Pirates start looting your metals

[@tumei1851]

Think about how in the future there could be an illegal space port on a cloaked asteroid which would act as the tortuga of the space age. So cool, almost sounds like a good location for a sci-fi story...

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Lol that's just the daily stuff in Stellaris

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@@tumei1851 Too bad you can't cloak anything in space, energy emissions of any kind would give it away, not to mention anyone travelling to/from there. Still, there's more than enough room for SPACE COPS/COAST GUARD, a genre of sci-fi I find sadly lacking in output.

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At some point, when space travel is the norm, that's completely going to be a thing. Arm the torpedos!

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“Can’t hurt anyone.” Bird gets violently rekt by falling space capsule.

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@@JM-st9ux then you haven't watched many of their videos. they have an animation like this in around every 3rd episode.

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There’s a survival game called astroneer, it has a really neat 3D low polygon style and it’s space themed :)

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So true this is the final purpose of this channel: energy problems? Dyson swarm! Travelling problem? Skyhook! Ressources? Asteroid minning! Super ultimate solar system weapon? Black hole bomb!

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Elon Musk: I agree

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Yes.

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I love that they included a tie fighter when talking about electric thrusters because the tie fighter actually uses ion engines

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really???

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@@jessica4387 yeah tie fighters use ion thrusters with 0 moving parts to reduce maintenance cost

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@@jessica4387 Yeah, TIE stands for "Twin Ion Engines"

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Because it is?

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poor bird

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yeah, let's pray for her.

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@@Imagination_xxx yes

[@thefranciscoalejandro]

Sacrifices have to be made tbh

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I ain't dying until I see at least one of these technological marvels

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so awesome*

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@Cyrus Kuntum not really, more like 30-60 years.

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@@lshowitt yes

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@@usernamethenamed if we're lucky, biotechnology and medical advances could extend human lives to hundreds of years in out lifetimes

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4:15 I love how he used the same orbital maneuver nodes as kerbal space program

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...gotta do a prograde burn here...

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Because its realistic .

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6:14 I like the Princess Mononoke reference. Completely relevant too as the movie's incredibly environmental in its narrative themes.

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Discussed that movie in my university Environmental Ethics course. A very good movie to use on the subject.

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Their pop culture references are just always on point

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Them: "what if we can get metals, *without hurting anyone?* " Also them 3 min's later: *kills duck while delivering metals back to earth*

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Lol I saw that aswell

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This got me laughing!

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Wouldn't the asteroid's gravity alter tide activity on earth?

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@Bhupinder Nagi no it’s too small

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@@bhupindersinghnagi2827 It wouldn't be the same size as the moon, so not really. Any effect at all would be unnoticeable with what the moon already does by itself.

[@Sciencerely]

As a biomedical researcher I'm optimistic about visionary and costy ideas such as asteroid mining given how quickly technology has changed in the last years. In biology, the costs of reading DNA sequences of humans have dropped from over 100 Million dollars to 80 dollars within 15 years, scientists have developed techniques to precisely edit DNA in cells, and we learned to grow tiny "organs" called organoids in the laboratory which might be suitable for transplantation one day (I made a video about “lab-grown mini brains”). It will be so great to see what will happen in the future!

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Awesome video about mini brains, really entertaining. I´ve always been fascinated by genetic engineering and when the quarantine hit I´ve started to look for something that I can do at home. And genetic engineering is the answer. I´ve looked all over internet and haven´t found any evidence that it is possible to do at home. If it´s possible to do something like genetic engineering at home can you tell me or redirect me to somewhere where I´ll learn about at-home genetic engineering?

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@@MMMm-js2dh I once found a video about a guy who used crispr at home to grow his own strains of barley to make his own beer! Couldn't find it again, though

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Whats the relation to the video? Yall here sounding smart but your actually just advertising videos..

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@@MMMm-js2dh about two years ago I came across The Odin DIY crispr kit. Google it. I have never tried it. However, biotechnology is my work so I don't need to. I am a little sceptical about this DIY kit, but it doesn't seem to hurt. ;)

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@@puppetplayer2348 I guess the relation is only the advances made in science in a short period of time. But yeah, a little off topic IMHO. ;)

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did you see pickle rick

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"Mine in space where we can't harm anyone." *kills a duck on Earth*

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@@alexroselle birbs

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That duck had it coming.

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@@brawmankerlexterminateurde860 Kurzgebirbs!

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Yiz

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I am 0,000001 switzerlands tall

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Americans be like:

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Americans, am I right?

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Underrated

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You will like the exoplanets channel too

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This made me replace "-Huh" with hah!

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True my friend🤫. But these work If for people like elon musk

[@PowerSerge]

I’m playing galacticraft and I recently got to the asteroids. It’s also kinda of unlimited resources since some of the cores are rich in ilmenite, iron, copper, diamond, aluminum, silicon, or tin.

[@pranavarvind4281]

Those orbital mechanics depictions are so refreshingly accurate.

[@melissaandivanstojanovic2471]

So the mined materials get dropped down into the ocean in little floating pods? Sounds like an exciting new age of pirates to me!

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Somali noises intensify!

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Do you know da weh

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INVEST IT NOW

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Huh

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UN police: *aims gun* *gives one pod* get out.

[@joeeveryman9237]

Fun fact: Asteroid belt consists mostly of empty space. If you're on top of an asteroid, it would take months or years to see another asteroid passing by.

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This is random, nobody asked for this, but I want this information at the top of my comment section, and I will help make this a reality.

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Most ppl don't get how vast the space is around us..

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If you like Kurgestat, you will like the exoplanets channel too

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Well space is quite empty everywhere

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But there are many

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I’m re-watching all of my old liked videos starting from the beginning and I’m about halfway through. This was a very interesting video and your whole channel helped get me very interested in science beyond the biology and chemistry. I was normally interested in. Thank you for all the great videos.

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K:"Like an open fire in your living room" Me: *silently puts another piece in his wood stove*

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If your wood stove has an open fire, you have problems.

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I literally have to set a fire in my living room once a while cuz I have a fungi infestation

[@Pheatrix]

@@mzaite They do still exist. They are rare and it is difficult (or impossible) to get a license for the operation but they do exist.

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love my fire place. It will still work when the gas doesn't just add another log.

[@sadetta131]

1:02 asteroid Rick on the left!?

[@siddheshgoenka120]

Kurzgasat: this could be our first step towards colonizing space Britain: write that down

[@UnRealistic.]

Queen Elizabeth: *The time has come for the fire(britain) nation to rise*

[@StratOCE]

I mean these days it'd be the US saying "write that down".

[@UnRealistic.]

@@StratOCE More like" Attack that down" haha

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StratOCE The US has little to no history of colonisation, while the uk had a colonial empire across the world. You forget that the US itself was once part of that empire.

[@_VoPhiAnh]

@@StratOCE the US has no history of colonisation

[@Eric4bz]

I seriously have a love/hate relationship with how many birds Kurzgesagt's animations kill.

[@Kneorlan]

It nicely shows the impact such technologies have, it's good to remember it.

[@epiccollision]

If it makes you feel better they’re not real birds...

[@ИльяВитцев]

@@epiccollision well, each and every bird is a real patreon supporter, so technically they are real birds

[@CompletelyNewguy]

"Asteroid mining, IT'S BETTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT!" *TM*

[@brawmankerlexterminateurde860]

Birbs

[@Edmund-od7mv]

Seeing a Kurzegesagt asteroid mining game would be really cool! (With special asteroids that are the pickle and skull asteroids at the start of the video) Or, it could be something like a space-exploration game where we play as the birbs, eventually constructing giant robots (like galactaduck) a bird-based grey goo, or even constructing dyson spheres and black hole containers.

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You're not gonna believe this

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@@lenarianmelon4634 bro...did they see this comment? I'm very happy now, and definitely buying their game.

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I was searching for this coment... I see you already got the news

[@squidface3429]

It looks like the people who did the animation play a lot of Kerbal Space Program

[@horseheadproductions7038]

was thinking exactly this

[@Maddolis]

KSP's such a great way of getting an intuitive sense of basic orbital mechanics, which helps enhance the enjoyment of pop science vids like these - at least for me!

[@El_Presidente_5337]

They have dozens and dozens of easter eggs in their videos lol

[@Pos3id0n.]

This is such a refreshing take on why we should do asteroid mining, unlike the myriad of videos talking about the tRiLlIoNs of dollars of metals in space

[@sarroumarbeu6810]

Such cost is nothing compared to an earth with exhausted ecosystems and depleted ressources really

[@bucket4255]

@@sarroumarbeu6810 Yup. I mean, we really need to stop harming the environment so much just for profit. I mean, does it really matter that you have money in a world where there's barely anything left?

[@Uzeil21]

It's the same arguments re-packaged for simpletons.

[@bucket4255]

@Carlos Eduardo Garabito Yeah, guess your right. It's possible that we can achieve these things, but human greed knows no bounds.

[@Monochrome2004]

@Carlos Eduardo Garabito ikr, guess ill just implement this crap in my stories instead and just hope

[@lilpandanikka5131]

Everyone: Why do the birds get slaughtered in every video Kurgesagt: For scientific purposes, of course

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Top tier patreons ;)

[@DaBaldEagul]

Science isn't about why, it's about why not!

[@christopherg2347]

At least for once, the Elephants and Mice are not getting killed.

[@MouseGoat]

They patreon birds... thats what happens if you stop paying Kurgesagt ;D

[@StarofBrawl]

RIP

[@sampson9944]

05:30 bird explodes on impact of payload landing in the ocean. Albeit grisly, it's more dignified than drowning in a major oil spill, and I doubt these orbital landings will wipe out nearly as much wildlife as we do now with terrestrial operations. to space we go!

[@nikkopaolodeoro9392]

The dead bird!!! T_T

[@drsimons]

lol definitely did a double take at that part. Jesus, the eyeballs!! Sadly I think virtually all industrial activities end up killing wildlife, even ones we consider "green" like wind turbines. But the big picture is more important. Terrestrial mining is many orders of magnitude more destructive than the occasional *splat* from space cargo...

[@alexandermcclure6185]

@@drsimons solution to energy: a Dyson Swarm™ (Kurzgesagt approved) which can beam so much energy to the Earth, we practically wouldn't have an energy budget anymore!

[@piplupsingularity]

This is why investing in space travel and "helping the Earth" aren't mutually exclusive.

[@ShauriePvs]

So finally we can say intersection isn't a null set

[@rageraptor7127]

Hyper cars tv only initially. Once a space station where parts can be moved around is established it’s basically game.

[@yohansercia7097]

You have no idea how much I tried explaining that to people

[@Readysetheal]

It depends on what you mean by "helping the Earth". Helping poorer nations? Yes, it will help. Stopping climate change? Well, it's complicated. If there is a reasonable alternative - some current power holders will most likely switch, unless it is too expensive in the short term. But what is most likely is that current billionaires will just expand into space, while leaving the state of the earth production the same, reaping the monetary benefits from both.

[@Ok-fu5yi]

Headbomb Archer Well if we mine for things like tritium our power will become almost unlimites

[@michaelsamir3611]

Can’t wait for there to be a Phone called “The Astroid” “made with 100% space material”

[@AllPileup]

Apple: *iPhone Space* Time!

[@Hartono25277]

Samsung Galaxy can finally live up to it's name

[@shaqmaverick]

Phones wont exist in the future. 30 yrs, people are gonna remember those as gameboys

[@iconic762]

Maverick Shaq people like tactile interaction. Even if it’s a holographic display on your arm it will likely function similarly. Yes there will probably be some sort of like “internal” brain localized communication device or something like that but like I said people do like tactile interaction and will pay for it.

[@iconic762]

Vibhu Bharadwaj well yeah if you’re stupid enough to put large capacitors in your brain. But if it’s a very low power device like low enough to be powered by nerve signals and doesn’t have its own power source I don’t see how it could be all that dangerous. Also like 75 percent of your brain is virtually useless anyway so maybe put it in some frontal lobe gray matter or something lol

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This episode brought to you by Kerbal Space Program's maneuver node planner.

[@ryanbernard6550]

Hahaha i noticed that too. Probably because there isn't a better way of showing orbital mechanics!

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No its brought to you by Raid Shadow Legends

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@@lfdp2023 uncultured zoomer

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@@lfdp2023 no

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socialchameleon7 you don’t get the joke

[@thehackking4419]

"All we need to do, is look up!" *a piano suddenly appears and fell right on the face

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*THE SCIENCE SHOW!* Piano! *piano crushes man from offscreen* (offscreen) WHOSE IDEA WAS THIS!?

[@iggzpigz1169]

These People Are Literally Telling Us The Entire Way To Colonize A Universe.

[@bigshoelmfao]

yes somebody needs to show this to a world leader

[@jofretorres7716]

@Fabian Felipe Lopez Palma solar system*

[@noxcavio578]

@@bigshoelmfao or let Kurzgesagt be the world leader

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This channel needs to be mandatory in schools swear they show you all the ideas that we need to progress

[@ObjectsInMotion]

Why Are You Typing Like This? Your Comment Isn't A Book Title.

[@kitzuru]

It's crazy that the whole thing sounds like taken from a Sci-fi movie, but we actually can do it.

[@kelvinnguyen6048]

Yes we can!

[@dustyduck5779]

Watching this gives me hope. But my mind is like, no way that's gonna happen.

[@Hendika]

It's crazy that the whole thing can be done, but we won't because we love to fight weird wars and we don't use our common sense.

[@samkinuthia]

It's already on the way just chill

[@michmich475]

I'm sorry but we should kinda fix our planet first

[@crixt4016]

"Space mining is more eco-friendly" Bird get killed by a space rock.

[@theunknown4834]

brutally

[@santermens23]

Progress requires sacrifices

[@stuffyevil]

They very much made the decision to animate the landing capsule to kill the bird.

[@PabloMartinez-kx9yq]

You will like the exoplanets channel too

[@Shadowvortex99]

Small price to pay for salvation

[@b0rder.-991]

Actually the metals we get from space would become worthless from the amount we would have from large scale mining. The more platinum we have, the more common it is. Thus lowering the price. In a business standpoint, it would cost way more to mine than you would make. But in terms of human advancemen, it would be invaluable. Priceless even

[@ern1353]

Plus: earthen “iron” is mostly magnetite or other compounds that need to be processed, and still, you get a lot of slag. Meteorite iron is almost completely pure and is available in large quantities as a lot of asteroids are made mostly of iron. So yea

[@thebravegallade731]

Metalic asteroids are actually somewhat rare (10%) but still.

[@colton3824]

Rare?! Compared to some things thats a huge % , a 1/10 chance to get something the size of a small building atleast loaded with precious metals?

[@ML-sc3pt]

@@colton3824 honestly take this idea, but instead just divert smaller asteroids to a collision course with our oceans or designated drop zone (maybe Antarctica or a desert)

[@TheSystemaSystem]

@@ML-sc3pt drop a pure metal asteroid into the earth the size of anything worthwhile and we're all dead.

[@CalRizz]

@@ML-sc3pt yeaa... No I’m not taking that risk

[@PixeI]

"The mining system won't harm anyone" Me seeing a duck being murdered at 5:33:

[@penguinwombat4583]

Oh no I didn't notice that he died!

[@azidotetrazole3580]

I believe it's a patreon reward.

[@darkenergy7291]

that was brutal, but I guess it gets the point across. even asteroid mining may not be safe for the environment if done sloppily

[@oilylondon]

Azidotetrazole yh, you get your own bird, no?

[@soongwanjun9381]

Yup I did notice just I don't want to mention

[@fr4781]

I never thought I would see the phrase “Proby McProbface”

[@randomdude7386]

I would name my probe that way

[@anirudhachar4169]

Swirft

[@swordwaker7749]

Proby McProbface is a property of Aiur, cannot be used.

[@alduinbb]

4:05 didn't realise it was a duck until watching this the third time

[@nuclearmayhem9238]

man those capsules are gonna be a hot target for risky pirates.

[@Rhaegar19]

This should be a sci-fi story

[@Vox_Popul1]

Until spaceships are available for purchase to the wide public nothing like that will happen

[@InternetStranger476]

pretty sure the military would be interested in protecting a huge corporate venture worth trillions, somali pirates in dingys wouldnt stand a chance

[@PrimalDirective]

@@Rhaegar19 I think there is. I can't remember the title right now, but I think the author is Ben Bova.

[@rahulpm2884]

Maybe we could aim them at pirates 😂

[@ikebeckman1074]

I love how each intro has a little "topic easter egg," like in this one the chimp or gorilla is holding a pick.

[@pedroelias4054]

Does it? I never saw one. I guess I'm just blind. And to think that I rewatch each video at least 3 times...

[@franciscoguinledebarros4429]

That's the first time I saw it, are there more?

[@levelstatue8c392]

Pickle rick was one of the asteroids

[@aladica5465]

There was also a slinky in one of them

[@MWittmann138]

a pickle rick asteroid

[@bluemoonjune5178]

Kurzgesagt: *Talks about orbital mechanics* Me, a KSP player: "Just like the simulations."

[@dariepearjuicy1356]

Haha

[@persontheguyman223]

Wars of star meme

[@corruptedlotus]

_PTSD intensifies_

[@johngray5477]

Jebediah taught me well

[@talibalasrar]

I was thinking the same thing KSP has taught me many things.

[@redmondpeters6221]

Out in space there is LITERALLY an UNLIMITED amount of usable materials for us to gather. Not just in our solar system but in other systems too. With the countless stars in the galaxy and beyond we need only imagine what there is out there. All we need is some VERY smart people who can help us do these things and very advanced equipment to get the job done.

[@anthony_9263]

I love how kurzgesagt's solution to everything is simply: space.

[@bigmetalmanboyoooo7502]

Because it’s the solution to a ton of the worlds problems lol

[@xamanto]

I can think of a pretty localized solution but it's forbidden to talk about it.

[@baab4229]

In order to solve the problems in your cave you gotta go out of your cave.

[@xamanto]

@@baab4229 Hey, Captain. How is the S.S. Obvious doing today?

[@DanielEastland]

To be fair, most of everything is *in* space.

[@patricka9749]

It’s nice that we found a way to send ducks to space instead of humans

[@aarogyapradhan151]

Lol true

[@alberttao3153]

genetic transformed super intelligence duck. not bad

[@Sergedfabre]

duck Life:Space aka Duck Life 6

[@huntermccarraher8935]

Ducks are cheaper and weigh less

[@1nf3ct3dTT]

And find asteroids that resemble ducks !

[@blackcitadel37]

"Asteroid has oil in it" America: I think that asteroid needs some freedom.

[@QQwert1988]

I was looking for that comment :D

[@skdKitsune]

Oil is basically decomposed flora and fauna, so why should there be any on floating rocks in space

[@RADIUM108]

@@skdKitsune how do you think the rare earth material got there?

[@a4dtesseract408]

​@@skdKitsune take a joke thank you

[@kiruxakrut7793]

@@RADIUM108 it's all started with supernova explosion before our sun existed

[@Imagine_Beyond]

OSIRIS-REX is about to land on Earth!

[@chunkychimp8922]

2040: modern day pirates now steal the capsules that land in the ocean before NASA can get them back

[@greenflavored]

Exactly what I was thinking lmao

[@lightyagami6307]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@ShauriePvs]

That's the biggest sh*t that we have to face and would happen for sure if we really send precious metals just like that to earth

[@Fae-Fey]

Im pretty sure they have designated landing zone with security standing by

[@emppu9357]

I am honestly more curious where we would get enough fuel, to justify such operations. Starting a large scale operation like this would prob cause fuel prizes to sky rocket. You can't make fuel out of minerals.

[@xfhulurf6774]

Imagine switching the military budget and space budget two years we would probably be doing this crazy

[@JihadiJesus]

Not sure if it would be that quick but more shit would get done than before

[@roku_nine]

yep, the first step towards a better future is to get rid of military and get along with each other. unfortunately, it is easier said than done

[@justsomeordinarywatcher3146]

@Polandball didn't u see the video about trapping us he made

[@Demonbacktony]

Since trump added space force, some of that military goes to that aswell. It’s not much but it’s something

[@im5341]

...or to education budget.

[@zacharydimauro2706]

The entire idea of asteroid mining is so fascinating. We need to make this happen.

[@chameleondemeleon9642]

Uhhh same but... do you have autism (I sure do)

[@tutus3dall-starsmultiversa646]

SpaceX Asteroid Mining when

[@nenmaster5218]

@@tutus3dall-starsmultiversa646 Continue after finishing this video here: 'We run out of Water' by 'Some More News'.

[@g.f.martianshipyards9328]

@@nenmaster5218 A fellow Some more news enjoyer! Was a great episode. Though asteroid mining makes a lot more sense for things like rare earth metals rather than water, at least when you're talking about bringing things back to the earth's surface.

[@thegregitto]

Seah but let's be real, unless SpaceX does something world governments aren't going to do anything like that. If Space X did though and showed off how profitable it was then they'd probably start it on a larger scale.

[@dad49998]

5:32 I like how they made this whole video and put a shit ton of time into research and everything, only to not think about the fact that someone is just gonna steal the stuff once they drop it into the ocean.

[@shunyat9023]

Maybe the dinosaurs know how to mine asteroids but they did a little oopsie.

[@bytewolfychu_1461]

This is a big brain comment

[@atlas2296]

Secret dinosaur civilization

[@saygoodbye_]

Little oopsi that crashes the astroid into the earth

[@palmeraviles7250]

Ahhh yes the oopsie doopsie astroid.

[@gabrielgalasso4899]

The asteroid misses: kalm It makes a u turn right back at them: *PANIC*

[@regina.phalange.]

If I die before this happens I am gonna get so frustrated.

[@facuigua12]

I would give it minimum 20 years until someone attempts it.

[@braincells4610]

You’ll be dead... I don’t think you can get frustrated then

[@animationspace8550]

@@facuigua12 Why don't we attempt it. No one will do it if everyone is waiting for someone to do it.

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

@@braincells4610 They would become a ghost with unfinished business.

[@OmegaZyion]

Better start petitioning the UN. At the moment no one can lay claim to anything because it has been decreed that no one can own anything extraterrestrial. If international law didn't get in the way, Elon Musk would have probably already attempted it.

[@roydaboii9925]

Kurgzgezagt: 60% existencial crisis 20%galactic civilization 20% ants 100% birds 1000% science , love, and dedication It adds up to 1200% because that's how much effort they put in their videos

[@tomhealy2099]

whoever doesnt love birds and ants will be shot into space by Kurgzgezagt

[@nichsulol4844]

november released 60% chance or ?% galactic will add

[@rizzmo8451]

What a coincedince they also put more then 1200 hours into there videos. HA

[@siluda9255]

I never had a existencial crises watching this existencial crises are for greedy bois

[@cardboardethymith3893]

You can't do math

[@Dumdumshum]

Big problem with processing the asteroids is the chaotic dispersal of ejecta while breaking them up. It's a much bigger problem than I think most people realize. The chance of it leading to Kessler cascades is immense.

[@larspeterthomsen9798]

Use the first asteroid to create a box to envelop the subsequent asteroids when you want to break them apart.

[@8vantor8]

@@larspeterthomsen9798 big brain

[@YusufDogan-pu6tu]

Do u think it would still be a problem if the extracting process wasn't close to the earth

[@Dumdumshum]

@@YusufDogan-pu6tu yes for other reasons. All that ejecta is still a serious problem for both you and your craft

[@dreamscapeai7]

Guys the animation is unbelievable, it's crazy how much time and effort goes into this. Hands down, the best educational content on KZbin.

[@ryujin6961]

100% agree... I love the animations and how they deliver the knowledge

[@vb0t429]

All those hours of ksp have trained me for this.

[@stardast4576]

Ive got 70 hours, still I cant get to the moon :(

[@s.domain]

The animation was definitely inspired by KSP lol

[@Joseph-kd9tx]

YES All those hours of eyeballing orbital maneuvers in Kerbal Space Program

[@aranayunsombrero9548]

My 200 hours of playing and My crazy trip to jool ended up being useful....

[@raytan956]

First thing on my resume is 5000 hours of ksp gameplay

[@embr_wolf135]

Kurzgesagt: *makes a ton of ways to take over the universe Me: *but which one????*

[@defensivekobra3873]

there is no need to choose, all of em combined

[@quasar5563]

@@defensivekobra3873 Asteroid mining + dyson sphere = The entire asteroid belt being eaten in a couple of seconds

[@idunno7943]

well it did its job. Make us giggle for a moment

[@kartracer57000]

@@defensivekobra3873 What this one said.

[@soda1636]

@@defensivekobra3873 I was thinking the same thing.

[@aeroscantsee1665]

The only kurz video that doesnt make me depressed at the end but right off the start.

[@rafaylifts]

Welcome to another episode of what if NASA had the military's budget (Edit: it was a joke guys. Stop fighting in the replies ffs)

[@ender1242]

Or Nikola Tesla. If we did funding right, we would be far more advanced and safe, and a strong military would seem primitive. (If Tesla's investors weren't selfish, we would have free electricity.)

[@jigsawdraws9368]

seriously if we stopped bullying the middle east and Trump was smart enough to believe space existed we would be mining all the asteroids by now

[@Manie230]

Emily ploop as far as I know American military even gets to much money they have a surplus of it. And i think a military shouldn’t be a money hoarder. It should be well funded but at just the right amount of money to keep it working well. The rest should be invested in school and NASA. And what not.

[@Snafuuu]

SpaceX looks like a more viable option

[@lepystudio8974]

@@jigsawdraws9368 you guys need a better president, that has some future vision

[@Theawesomeking4444]

"oops i moved the asteroid a little too close to earth" mass extinction occurs

[@Istrianprincess]

Oops accidents happen

[@DarthBiomech]

Yes very funny, scientists are dumb and don't know what they're doing.

[@jackmulder3038]

Asteroid: Floats through space just vibin’ Kurzgesagt: *our* asteroid

[@Arko777777]

Space communism is the best communism

[@slug3982]

Are you 10?

[@smilinmadman2811]

You must not like popular television

[@PabloMartinez-kx9yq]

If you love Kurzgestat, you will love *Exoplanets Channel* too

[@slug3982]

I forgot this site was full of kids and bots

[@PoggerFoxy]

FOR ROCK AND STONE

[@SurrealNightmares]

Bird: Minding it's own business Kurzgesagt: You have chosen death.

[@twoscarabsintheswarm9055]

Bird: *hello There* Death: *KOWABUNGS IT IS!*

[@edoalva48]

For real tho

[@hauslerful]

Yeah, I don't know if this was neccessary...

[@adamrak7560]

@@hauslerful That bird actually wanted to die gruesomely. (there is a Patreon level for that)

[@sirdbird7292]

Redditor

[@michaelsamir3611]

I feel like if this channel suddenly manages to control the world. everybody would be OK with it Edit: this wasn’t meant to be serious

[@Henry-fb5pm]

I concur.

[@ericfrehlich8800]

Power corrupts, unfortunately. I think what you mean is that if everyone did thorough and excellent research with effective methodology about important/relevant subjects, the world would be a better place.

[@GWindows3.1]

not everyone would be ok with it lmao

[@protocnic3772]

@@GWindows3.1 our morale limit us.

[@RealAthrey]

Umm no

[@td5523]

1:04 the asteroid literally turned himself into a pickle, funniest shit I've ever seen

[@OneShot_cest_mieux]

It looks like rick

[@ASLUHLUHC3]

Pickle rick

[@ry_an.]

I kid you not, Tails; turns himself into a pickle, funniest shit I’ve ever seen

[@quackadilly1483]

@@OneShot_cest_mieux It is pickle rick

[@darrennew8211]

There's at least a dozen easter eggs in there. The orange rock is apparently the moon from Zelda video game, "Probey mc Probeface", the controllers watching the electric space engine have Asteroids displays on their consoles, the "finally arrived" asteroid is bird-shaped, and there's even a banana for scale.

[@okamijubei]

Asteroid mining sounds really great. Not just to save Earth but also possibly to guide a large asteroid close to earth and turn that large asteroid into a foundation for a space colony as it's cheaper and less work than build a space colony by parts.

[@badgermcbadger1968]

You mean the moon

[@Winsalot]

The saddest things about watching their videos is not because of the dangers, but because we could have done such cool things and yet nobody would even began doing such things

[@matthewnunez1483]

not yet anyways

[@dorothymiles7097]

The first step is always harder than the whole journey.

[@mamotalemankoe3775]

No one wants to spend billions of dollars on something new, its risky.

[@abdulwasey3506]

@@mamotalemankoe3775 yeah but they can spend billions in military equipment. Its really pathetic to see that we are carving a path to our own destruction. How better it would have to spend this money on some new things, although risky.

[@mamotalemankoe3775]

@@abdulwasey3506 Yes, military spending is normalised so they will do it because everyone does it, but this is a whole new frontier and no one want to jump in first. I know its stupid and I hate it as much as you but all we can do is be happy that like-minded super rich people like Musk are trying to pursue space travel so they may want to do this too at some point, maybe, at long last we can stop begging governments to do anything.

[@mrworldplays]

“Just look up” My ceiling that’s the answer

[@PabloMartinez-kx9yq]

Wow and if you like Kurgestat, you will like the exoplanets channel too

[@teddyhug.]

Same

[@FoxisVoxel]

Crapppppppp I wasn’t the firsttttttttt

[@samwithasceptile801]

@Chevre La Baa MMMM the Carbon CONTENT

[@samwithasceptile801]

@@PabloMartinez-kx9yq unsponsored fan promotion. I Dig that.

[@callumburke6967]

The scientist turned himself into an asteroid, it was the funniest thing I've ever seen

[@christopheryoung2368]

great stuff*

[@yeetyeet7389]

i kid you not callum, he turned himself into an asteroid, ASTEROID RICK

[@b_baban]

I’M ASTEROID RICK

[@caligusto]

Came to the comments as soon as i saw pickle rickeroid and wasn't disappointed that this was the top comment

[@alexandermcclure6185]

@@caligusto where?

[@minelovesjc]

Thank you Kurzgesagt! You help us dream of a happy and prosperous future.

[@helloidharbl6753]

I would sign on with an asteroid mining company in a heartbeat.

[@idanshoval6939]

Rock and stone?

[@ExternalDialogue]

O'ye, welcome beltalowda

[@stylesrj]

@@ExternalDialogue Yes bosmang!

[@idanshoval6939]

@@idkanymore6897 DID I HEAR A ROCK AND STONE?!

[@idkanymore6897]

@@idanshoval6939 absolutely *orders 2 glyphid slammers* CHEERS

[@marcosmedia7463]

I hope the first asteroid we mine also looks like a duck

[@tobiramasenju6290]

Or a pickle

[@gibbous_silver]

Funniest shit I’ve ever seen

[@robertlizardi9544]

@@tobiramasenju6290 1:03

[@sanik1177]

@@robertlizardi9544 omg lol

[@xGrimWolfex]

Hundreds of hours in kerbal space program has taught me how to fly these probes. Time to ask SpaceX for a job

[@tomasbaumruk1479]

Same and i cant wait until KSP2 is out

[@ProtoPerson]

I mean, go through the proper training to become an astronaut and you're good as gold. Just hope you don't have any health issues that'll stop you.

[@piecepaper2831]

they even use alot of the ksp symbols. feels like playing the game.

[@adamvolkinshtein1184]

That's some enthusiasm not backed by academic status. But who's not all up for it. Universe Sandbox2 everyday

[@abigalerose1410]

Elon already said he doesn't care about college degrees when hiring.

[@h2o684]

This channel literally gives tutorials on how to make this world better 💀

[@Cosmosis63845]

True I would love to see a highly advanced technology right to our very eyes

[@mickaelburguet4686]

I would like to still be alive when mankind starts mining asteroids.

[@themyconidwitch]

same

[@Abd-zv2wh]

you will

[@micahbell7763]

Knowing that humanity would probably reach type 1 civilization in a century, I'm pretty sure you will!

[@swagtachiuchiha1501]

@@micahbell7763 You know, as optimistic as I am about our potential in technological advancements and such, I feel like Climate Change is gonna be our Great Filter and that thought really saddens me

[@micahbell7763]

@@swagtachiuchiha1501 yup, hope this climate change thing doesn't kill us. Quite sad how it took billions of years to create this planet and yet we humans are destroying it in 3 centuries.

[@r3L4k5]

Everyone: Oh no we have a big problem, how the hell are going to solve this. Kurzgesagt: Space!

[@TheReal_Antrey]

| |

[@burnv664]

Me: I can't find my ph- Kurzgesagt: *SPACE!*

[@Radialguy]

So What!!!

[@cardboardethymith3893]

SPACE!!!!

[@Chalkerz]

Indeed.

[@likira111]

"If you push something in the right direction at exactly the right moment, you can move very big things with very little force." Honestly sounds like life advice, or a villainous monologue, or both.

[@ender1242]

Go back in time and tell Hitler's art teacher to give him an A.

[@kienhoang3819]

Promising as it may sound, this could be extremely difficult to accomplish even with advanced technology. Most mining companies on earth are so rich and powerful, and they will not give up easily.

[@abordwaylong1339]

they will if they get more profit mining in space

[@ckl9390]

This is where Crown corporations come in (similar to state owned companies in countries outside the Commonwealth). In Canada most of the major resource and infrastructure developers started as Crown corporations because no one other than the government was willing or able to take the risk. These are also usually organised on a not-for-profit basis where, depending on the charter authorising it, any potential profits either went to reducing cost, improving service, into government coffers, or sometimes into a "legacy fund" of some sort. (Many of these were privatised in the late 80's, with a rapid decline in services and increase in cost following. Ironically, many of these are major providers of essential services so in times of strife the government still has to bail it out anyway without having the benefit of reaping the profits in good times. Air Canada is one of these former Crown corporations that were privatised and has had to be bailed out on numerous occasions.) One notable exemption to a crown corporation being made to fill a gap is several telecom companies that were privately owned but wouldn't take on the cost to provide service to remote areas unless they were granted a chartered monopoly for a given area, thereby guaranteeing a return profit. And before someone says monopolies are inherently bad, the major difference is that these are chartered monopolies they come with conditions, regulatory oversight, and can be revoked. It is likely that the country which to achieve asteroid mining first will be China because they're organised essentially like a nation sized company.

[@wolfie8890]

capitalism will be its own downfall...

[@johnseppethe2nd2]

@@wolfie8890 wrong!

[@hoshikun6605]

​@@johnseppethe2nd2 Nah, he's right. Actually we are at the beginning of the end of capitalism. I'm not a socialist, at all, but we need to recognize that capitalism is a flawed economic system as the rest

[@JohnCena8351]

"This mining system won't harm anyone" The bird at 5:35 :

[@lordrynogaming1553]

yeah..... that escalated quickly, like shit, that got violent fast

[@ankitminz5872]

🤣

[@handlol]

that death animation was so graphic, this channel was never like this this is just unbelievable and I was genuinely shocked. edit: they have always been like this I just couldn't see it, disappointing, a naive 7 year old would not be able to see it coming.

[@JamilCraft]

@@handlol it had stuff like this on other videos tho...

[@backyardgrow5499]

@@handlol are you new ? Bruh , you get use to it

[@BlackGryph0n]

Thanks for making a video about this topic! It’s an incredibly exciting and interesting prospect and I love to see public enthusiasm surrounding it increase! Hopefully I’ll live to see the first astroid mining mission!

[@syrayousuf7434]

See you ann tee

[@syrayousuf7434]

You are a cougar

[@syrayousuf7434]

Shh looks luke an cougar.

[@xdflame7712]

I swear if world leaders just watched this channel we could be living in 3000 by the year 2021

[@tamhopkiem9030]

@@xdflame7712 i used to think it's just that simple but it really not, please my friend, go watch "The Rules for Rulers " by CGP Grey on youtube, you will understand

[@synthesis9153]

1:03 does anyone see pickle rick in the blue maybe green aqua asteriod

[@biggie9286]

morty's right next to it too

[@JoshuaTworoger]

Me

[@metadragon7500]

Then he turned himself into an asteroid, funniest shit I’ve ever seen

[@redactedgamer1975]

OMFG!

[@rc_woshimao957]

YES

[@edis0088]

This video, plus the dyson sphere video proves that a kurzgesagt video game about civilization and space would be incredible. If you make a startup-page or something like it, i would definitely pre-order it

[@francoissouchay3887]

The fuel doesn't cost thousands for every pound/kilo lifted to space: Falcon 9 has about a 30:1 fuel to orbital payload in reusable mode, and fuel costs less than a buck a pound. What really costs is designing the hardware & building it: if a rocket takes $3 billion to move from drawing board to launchpad then after 100 flights you're still paying $30 million per flight in engineering time before you've bent the first metal, so at 30,000 lbs to orbit that's still $1000 / lb. Then you gotta actually build the thing and that costs too. SpaceX shook the world by having a lean design process which cost < $400 million for Falcon 9 v 1.0, incrementally more for each revision, and about $500 million for Falcon Heavy. They also reduce costs by using commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) parts as much as possible, which means $62 million per Falcon 9 launch still returns a nice profit. It changed the business model from buying a Bentley and throwing it away after the gas tank emptied out, to getting a Chevy you can refuel over & over again (one first stage has flown at least four times): the cost per trip goes way down. Any decent sales guy can sell the hell out of the latter proposition, and whatever else anyone can say about Elon Musk the guy knows showmanship. This is where fully-reusable rockets come in: if the second stage can be reused as well then the asymptotic cost after a few hundred flights starts approaching the cost of operations & fuel, whereupon ticket prices start dropping drastically. Will Starship be the one? If not, now the formula's out there any number of competitors could crop up -- so long as they take their thumbs out (looking at you, Jeff Bezos).

[@tyrontheprankstergangster5217]

Lol

[@bengamer9498]

again but change some of the words to english

[@charlesball6519]

@Pedro Broek The Space Shuttle launches worked out to be about $1.1 billion per launch. SpaceX does it for 1/10th the cost at around $100 million.

[@myselfmaybe4940]

Space x 🤣

[@gmbueno]

Great comment, but let’s say you make 100 rockets that will fly 100 times, instead of 1 that will fly 100 times. Then the cost/launch (of R&D) is not $30M anymore, but $300K...

[@binjongun9447]

Literally there's a duck astroid getting mined by duck astronaut.

[@ExplosivesLaboratory]

Also the Pickle Rick asteroid.

[@OdinsFox]

I used the duck to mine the duck. lol almost mistyped dick...

[@snowlover1037]

It's kinda like cannibalism but different

[@FloppyCat01]

*mined

[@TheJerbol]

welcome to the future

[@abodeateek4295]

The writers: * talking about fixing a very big and complicated problem * The animators: 1:02 *"I am asteroid Riiick!"*

[@rickandelon9374]

HOLY SHIT! It's our pickle Rick Sanchez!

[@All-star_Giga_Gargantuar]

I'm Rocky Rick!

[@sarnav94]

I am pickle roooock!

[@larryjohnson4906]

funniest shit I ever seen

[@MatterBeamTSF]

@@All-star_Giga_Gargantuar Morty-ball next to it.