Jobs In Space

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We all dream of a future in space, but it will take a lot of work to get there and more to make it a place we can visit and live. Of course, where there’s work to be done, there’s jobs to be had.
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Jobs in Space
Episode 449b; June 2, 2024
Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound epidemicsound.com/creator

[@cognitivedissidents4642]

“I’m from Iowa. I just work in space.” - James Kirk, Star Trek IV.

[@hherpdderp]

James T Kirk, Delivery Boy.

[@SirHeinzbond]

@@hherpdderp call me an Uber, Lt. Uhura....

[@francoislacombe9071]

@@SirHeinzbond Ok, you're an Uber.

[@SirHeinzbond]

@@francoislacombe9071 you are not Lt. Uhura... are not supposed to call me such names😁

[@francoislacombe9071]

@@SirHeinzbond Apologies.

[@bedeekin6274]

“Jooooobs iiiiiin spaaaaaaace”

[@netherportals]

The ASM didn't like that you don't tuck yourshirt in, "Sorry we are going to send you back to Earth", space hr is sleeping with them so u don't really have a say on the 80 year trip back.

[@mrnnhnz]

I assume this is a nod to a certain Muppets song? In which case I suppose you might be implying one of the jobs available is the police? 🙂

[@ageamiu8923]

Watching your videos as a chronically ill person makes me feel so hopeful. If I just stay alive long enough, If I just survive, maybe there’ll be life-extension. And maybe they‘ll find a way to cure. And then, maybe, I can get a job in space! I just need to stay here. I don’t need to overexert myself in fear of missing out on life. If I just stay here, and be lucky, I‘ll be fine. I‘ll be okay. Thank you!

[@YahBoiDrip]

I feel you on a deep spiritual level, and I relate to everything you said; thank you for voicing it.

[@MrGeneralPB]

same here, though it is migraine that keeps me down - hoping for the best possible future

[@Warchin007]

Time is the dressing zone for eternity. Hope spings eternal. Death is swallowed up in victory.

[@lucofparis4819]

We have a very a propos saying in french: _little bit after little bit, the bird makes its nest_ It may take _much_ longer than you would hope for, but these small increments of progress will eventually catch up on your dreams. And you never know when the little bit that could provide a fix to your particular ailment will come; it may be much sooner than later.

[@ageamiu8923]

Thank you all for the kind replies! And the heart! :)

[@robertgraybeard3750]

at 8:50 ". . . NSS . . .we don't build or fly rockets, we just tell everyone why they should." Made me smile.

[@Warchin007]

I should have about 25 years left of life on earth. Here are 3 things I would like to see happen in space. 1. A thriving LEO economy (100's of large space station). 2. A outpost < base < industrial complex on the Moon. 3. A Mars gateway and human boots on surface of Mars. There should be hunreds of thousands of jobs of all kinds created to reach these goals. As of now if you want to work in space, you need to have a master degree in a specific field and a pilots license . For me, I am just a fan of space. ever scince the Apollo program when I was a kid. Great show as always!🌎

[@dansmith1661]

Best society will give you is pride parades and endless racial conflict.

[@djunior874]

25 years from now will be 2049. I'm guessing that in 2049 medical technology will be vastly more advanced than now. You may find that you actually live a lot longer.

[@clash3583]

*250

[@lucofparis4819]

Those are nice hopes and wishes monsieur. I can't say I share your optimistic timetable, but I can defend your right not to have someone tread on your dreams.

[@bobinthewest8559]

@@djunior874… Good thing too… I have a feeling those wishes are a little more than 25 years out.

[@dariustiapula]

I prefer jobs involving just setting up infrastructure for the following colonist. Habitat, farm, fuel station, mines etc.

[@chrisyoung9653]

Sports in space next? Long jump would go crazy

[@rodclark4960]

C'mon man! Quidditch! Zero g swimming would be hilarious, you could end up shooting out of the water and disqualified

[@replica1052]

every mars garage will have orbital rockets - go for rocket sports

[@SubtleHawk]

I can't wait for low gravity parkour.

[@jockeb2651]

"Welcome to the annual space athletic championship. The long jumpers from previous years still haven't finished "

[@innocentbystander3317]

The "Universe Record" would be based entirely on how long you want to wait until you measure... Unless you're really unlikely and meet a space-rock mid-jump.

[@joshuafrederich]

11:28 "Hence the US Army's unofficial motto . . ." Me, mouthing along silently, knowing exactly where we're going, "Hurry up and wait".

[@otpyrcralphpierre1742]

I'm old enough to remember that when the PC was presented, it was touted to be the End of Office Paperwork. Seriously. I'm not joking.

[@DavidEvans_dle]

Don't underestimate the necessity of a job getting a Keurig coffee machine to work in zero gravity.

[@Eurotool]

2050: first commercial job posting in space Space recruiters in 2050: "sorry you need 5 years experience in space minimum"

[@DavidEvans_dle]

Don't forget the phone sanitizers - Don't want to end up like - Golgafrincham B Ark Space Ship, the entire remaining population subsequently died from a virulent disease contracted from a dirty telephone. Hitchhiker Guide To The Galaxy.

[@bramverhees755]

I’ve got my hopes pinned on space ships requiring a jester

[@seabeepirate]

From a physics point of view, everyone works in space. Congratulations, you did it!

[@annoyed707]

I know we're holding at T minus 37 seconds, but I really need you to send last week's time sheet...

[@Eterna7Forms]

Thanks for the video Isaac.

[@Cooky00123]

People always forget, someone is going to have to scrub out the spacesuits, sweat, urine and other nastiness, there probably won’t be enough suits for everyone to have their own. Don’t even start about the toilets.

[@Skorpychan]

Adult diapers are the current solution there. But, generally, that's a Space Janitor problem. Probably the most important man on the ship, because he's also in charge of checking and patching the hull.

[@zackquillan7292]

Thanks for another excellent video Isaac. Your content is an invaluable resource for writing and worldbuilding, I watch every upload same day or the day after for a fresh jolt of inspiration and ideas to rework established concepts in my own work. Thanks again.

[@isaacarthurSFIA]

My pleasure!

[@chrisc1140]

Yooooooo is there a list of those VRChat worlds? "Space Colony Island 4" has been a world on my favorites list for a long time, but it hasn't had an update in almost two years. BUT it at least has a very significant percentage of the O'Neil cylinder's surface dedicated to farming.

[@hilarybrown2271]

I love your videos but could you do a video on a quantum computers mixed with ai

[@removechan10298]

Thank you for your service!

[@BI-11y_TheStormTrooper]

We will have to add gravity to any places we colonize in space. Most likely spin gravity .

[@BigsZone]

We could not. And see how it go's. Pretty sure that's how science.

[@arcadiaberger9204]

@@BigsZone We don't know yet how much gravity humans need to remain healthy.

[@Dang_Near_Fed_Up]

@@arcadiaberger9204 For that matter, if we don't plan to return to Earth, we might adapt to a much lower or even higher G lifestyle on a new habitable world.

[@mahatmarandy5977]

@@BigsZoneit’s more reckless than sciency. You cant truly colonize anywhere you can’t have babies, and while you may be able to have babies on the moon, mars, or venus….I wouldn’t want to go first, risking it with my kids. You need a few generations of raising mice, then dogs or something, and work your way up to chimps (or if you’re in a hurry, just start with chimps) once you’re sure they can reproduce without having nonviable or superdeformed offspring, THEN you can try it with people

[@removechan10298]

Unbelievable how amazing your channel is! thank you! another awesome video

[@Ogmetaldad9155]

If you want to see a realistic example of life with a 'menial' job in space, watch the British space drama "Red Dwarf". A real eye opener.

[@yveslafrance2806]

Space drama? 😂

[@tiocco]

Isaac, your work continues to be inspiring and exactly what I need some weeks. Thank you!

[@ogrehaslayers605]

I work healthcare. I specifically work woth ALS patients. I LOVE my work. But i GENUINELY hope my job becomes obsolete in the very near future. I love my patients so much! But nobody deserves living a life like that. I'll learn a new skill.

[@Eldagusto]

Excellent pragmatic episode! This is the type I would show a youngster who is thinking about what careers to pursue in the future. Today I told my weekend commute driver about this channel so you should get a new sub, he was fascinated by me harping on about this channel.

[@JohnSagin-SimViDeLucis579]

I needed this

[@johnaldred689]

THEY TOOK ER SPACE JERB!

[@YahBoiDrip]

I feel like surveyors would be in extremely high demand in space exploration/colonization expeditions.

[@ruperterskin2117]

Cool. Thanks for sharing.

[@Roxor128]

I can see kids on a space base learning a bit of tending to the base's crops as part of their time at school, and everyone living there spending a day per month tending the crops.

[@partciudgam8478]

That meaning people like me wouln't go, my secret agent name is orange... as in orange agent, I can't even tend to invasive weed ricin dies on me, poison ivy dries, and have a really hard time growing funghi, which aren't even plants!

[@RevantheBlack]

0:10 "IN THE MIDDLE OF MY BACKSWING?!"

[@BMCKTN]

Love your shout out to Planetes! True work of art, and satisfyingly technical. ❤

[@mattparker9726]

0:30 LOL I love your show Isaac! Never change.

[@zico739]

Good stuff as usual.

[@isaacarthurSFIA]

Much appreciated

[@rayceeya8659]

I love Planetes! I just knew that anime was going to get a mention. Solid hard sci-fi about garbage collectors in space.

[@mahatmarandy5977]

Yeah! Awesome show!

[@Nregosumlux]

Thank you Isaac. Hope has been bestowed on me.

[@cosmictreason2242]

All of our jobs are technically in space. When most people live in rotating habitats, you'll have to "Go to space" to work on earth.

[@FrappuccinoAlfredo]

"Most people" looooooool

[@comentedonakeyboard]

Barista is the most important job on any deep space vessel, granted it is usually refered to as "senior coffeination officer"

[@GadZookz]

Cheap domes on Mars cause the crops on Mars to fail and a canon is feared. A crack team of experts is dispatched from Earth but, by the time they arrive, the colonists are so hungry that the team is eaten at the reception party. 😟

[@noseyparker8130]

Space: Hours and hours of boredom, punctuated by moments of sheer vacuum.

[@GrigoriZhukov]

Anyone who thinks the janitoral service isn't as vital as life support is crazy.

[@LanceKirby-es1xi]

Have Spacesuit, Will Travel.

[@cannonfodder4376]

Another informative Sci-Fi Sunday episode. The space industry remains misunderstood and missportrayed both today and in sci-fi. A great video to clear things up for people and world-builders.

[@mastercharlesdiltardino8058]

Scalp hunting in space

[@seanhewitt603]

Dehydrate that euphemism!

[@rickmartin7596]

"Planetes" reference ... a true sign of culture!

[@garrettbeenken6692]

The expanse is by far the most realistic when it comes to space jobs.

[@connorgeshwiler2319]

Could you do videos about the future of medical technology and the future of cuisine/food please?

[@TechnoLawyer]

Spaceport Mixologist sounds awesome. In reality, it’s serving Natty Lites to grumpy welders when their shift is done, but the title is still awesome.

[@davidgiwa555]

Time to add this to the the collection 🎉

[@389293912]

M5 Will handle navigation and combat. Ed-209 will handle enforcement, "You now have 10 seconds to comply.."

[@pyro.monkey2501]

We talk about hydroponics a lot but aquaponics makes more sense and you also get meat and fish oils

[@straagzthemc4614]

I've been playing with the idea of a caretaker ai in an automated society, I theorised the ai would give humans a much shorter work week but mandatory study to continuously keep the human mind sharp

[@0326jlc]

Quark is a class on dealing with an uninterested bureaucracy and surviving. So, yah it will teach some very needed skills sadly.

[@evensgrey]

The historical happenstance that the first really successful European attempt at settlement in North America happened to be religious dissenters looking to get out from under the thumb of the people they disagreed with tends to overshadow the fact that most of the early attempts to colonize were aimed at making money from products that were seen as more easily produced in North America. These colonies included farmers because local food production was cheaper and more reliable than shipping it in from Europe. This quickly resulted in expansion in both territory and economy as the larger the colony was, and the more diverse th e local economy, the more profitable and the more stable it became.

[@Ozymandius_corn_maze]

When your birds are in space, it's probably best to not go about hitting them with stones. At least until you have the clone vats online

[@claytonwatson7307]

I wonder how many accountants and lawyers are employed by NASA and all those space companies you mentioned

[@Jon6429]

Greenhouse might mean something different in the future. Ten years ago there was rumblings about scaling up the lab process of growing cell cultures to industrial proportions for things like ketchup & wine production. The output of an entire farm in the footprint of a barn.

[@AnonymousAnarchist2]

Well just with the semi-synthetic meats like the "impossible" line we already have simular scaling; albeit in a limited scope.

[@BobtheX]

Good afternoon. Love your channel, I've been trying to find a specific video of yours where you briefly mention the most influential astronomical picture book. I was trying to find the name of said book so I could read it myself. If anyone knows the book or video in question, I'd really appreciate it if you could tell me.

[@jawadyaqub]

how wonderful! so many young people are dreaming of this right now! 🙂

[@user-xg5fp3ic9x]

Wow as it been that long Isaac??

[@isaacarthurSFIA]

yeah, time sure flies :)

[@garyswift9347]

Jobs in space really boils down to economics. If it makes an overall profit, then it's almost guaranteed to happen. Professional sports, in general, has the kind of budgets which could financially support themselves on the Moon, as long as some basic infrastructure is present, for example.

[@darth_pronator]

Working in space or on the moon will be super similar to working on a nuclear submarine. Working on Mars will be like working on a nuclear submarine for the rest of your life.

[@linz8291]

Galactic council members, stargates commanders, Milky way tourism managers, DERN universe researchers, interstellar highway designers, starfleet scientists and engineers, interstellar starfleet general, etc.

[@whosagreekgod4135]

It's funny, When i think about jobs in space my mind automatically goes to Mass effect 2 and the janitor who not only keeps the pipes clear but also cooks the meals on the Normandy 2. I actually applied to NASA as maintenance personnel since I never completed college. I imagined going to work every day and telling my self that I'm helping humanity reach space in ny own small way...

[@francoiseeduard303]

My job will be Generalissimo of my Imperium!

[@reklessbravo2129]

Me too!

[@seanhewitt603]

I'm going to be "the space grass guy" .😎

[@francoiseeduard303]

@seanhewitt603 Then I will have you arrested.

[@rojopantalones9791]

I would give so much just to even be a trucker in space, just moving cargo from one place to another. I just wanna BE there. It doesn't matter why.

[@NeilABliss]

Convinced that once Starship, New Glenn and Dreamchaser are on line , we'll see big changes in the number of jobs in space and even more when it comes to secondary jobs. I've been using the naval ship analogy for years... and like naval vessels, once you have a crew of 50 , you start seeing more and more specialization of jobs...until you hit aircraft carrier and have people whose job is to clean toilets or fix vending machines. That's when regular people start getting space time. Our first "aircraft carrier " will be a base on the moon within a decade of the above mentioned ships being man-rated. Imho

[@ZontarDow]

Starship will never enter service

[@mahatmarandy5977]

Just out of curiosity, all the CGI footage of people in space suits lallygagging around and playing guitar and so on - where did all that come from? Who’s the source?

[@wheelerrogers7690]

Maintenance tecs trained to work in a vacume. To fix all the automated systems. I would supect these tecs would have the same variation in traing as mondren factorys with everthing from engineers to high school drop outs that tighten bolts in a vacume for 14 hours a day. Most likely cramed into a space shuttle equivalents goung from one broken automated mining outpost to another.

[@markguyton2868]

Man walks off a space battleship that turned the tides towards victory. citizen: Wow! You must feel like a great war hero! crew-member: Oh no, I'm just a janitor.

[@hherpdderp]

I think you need to show us these VR chat o Neill cylinders 😯

[@MrBishop077]

Nano-tech EVA suits would be great.

[@sarcasmo57]

I take up space at my job.

[@TheSkystrider]

Oh I already watched this on Nebula hehe

[@SebastianKrabs]

I wonder what the starting pay for Chick-fil-A in LEO is? 🤔

[@Theodin74]

My dream job is to be the guy who pushes the launch button of the mass driver on the moon, to bad was born at the wrong time

[@TheBowersj]

Aerospace jobs pay less than everybody else though, there really needs to be high wages for the imminent danger and hazardous duty that is involved with these types of jobs.

[@TheGenericavatar]

Video compression will probably be AI enhanced. I think Google already did that for images, at least in the lab.

[@jamesbarry1673]

You forgot hospital administrators. They're vital to ensure that the hospital and the patient and the providers all can feel comfortable working in an environment that is both patient friendly and meets the highest standards of joint commission

[@TerrenceIII]

The aforementioned Isaac Arthur! Every presentation is a masterpiece.

[@removechan10298]

llms, gans and nlps are neither a or i or ai

[@kirtmanwaring3629]

I’m 32 and made the mistake of dropping out of college for some easy work at a very discouraged point in my life … but I dream of practicing space law, I’ve got most of a poli sci degree done already so maybe it's not too late. Idk.

[@francoislacombe9071]

Just a small off topic suggestion. Once we do start colonizing space and move away from Earth, leaving behind its native 24 hour days and 365 day years, how will we keep track of time and record event dates?

[@PiotrPavel]

will be automated as well

[@mtpender69]

"THEY TOOK OUR JERBS!"

[@Greg-rg9sw]

Not all jobs will be automated, only the ones that machines can do better than people

[@michaelstoliker971]

I've often though about sending Steve Jobs to space. Too late now.

[@RellMayers]

"yes"

[@izzrainy7410]

re: lightweight suits for "just in case" scenarios, are those not IVA suits?

[@hibbs1712]

Yesssss, If I can catch this supposed wave of advanced life extending medicine that’s to come, I will be the person growing plants out there ^.^

[@frognik79]

How much space trash could a space janitor throw into a space star? :P Or maybe a video on getting rid of a galactic sized civilization's unwanted garbage and or hazardous materials.

[@masterdon3821]

Artin( AI )

[@BartyB1982]

What is the intro song?

[@hololightful]

Im not sure if I remember ever hearing you mention you were Army and served in Iraq... Army medic myself, Iraq 2005-2006 (slightly after you I think?)

[@missZoey5387]

Personally, I wouldn't want to work in space, but within the industry in the future society

[@straagzthemc4614]

Also doing a machinist apprenticeship so I can become a space tradie.

[@TroyRubert]

If you have the skill set spacex would love to have you.

[@Sol-Invictus]

Nature is a thing we need I can do hundreds of hours with just my wife and child. But much is outside. We love to walk all the local parks and see life just doing what it does. I'll wave and say hi cousin to a bird or deer.

[@replica1052]

to collect asteroids before they vanish into the sun is a mission - every mars garage will have orbital rockets (to master a solar system as identity is a talent to explore )

[@jaikumar848]

Hi issac arthur ! Is it good idea to make giant heat sink which radiate excess heat in space to cool down earth?

[@jsbrads1]

Where would we put it? How big? Shading small areas of even a small percent of sunlight would probably be better. Decrease sunlight by 20% from less habited places like the Poles and glaciers. Decrease some sunlight from non algae areas of seas and lakes. Decrease sunlight from seas in front of hurricanes. Decrease sunlight on the Sahara and other dry areas…

[@jaikumar848]

@@jsbrads1 I thought of long wire of high quality heat conductor material like graphite one end tied to anchor and other tied to weight in space

[@jsbrads1]

@@jaikumar848 good thought process, but heat doesn’t travel very quickly in something with a small cross section area.