Mining Mercury: The First Planetary Industrial Base

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur by Isaac Arthur

Oct 4, 202600:36:38Science & Medicine

Mercury may be the Solar System’s first true industrial world. We explore robotic mines, solar furnaces, mass drivers, mobile cities, and how the innermost planet could help build a Dyson swarm. Get Nebula using my link...

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