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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...
@@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.
@@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.
This channel is ok I enjoy it but it only just approaches questions, never really discussing any one topic in depth. Really a shotgun surgery channel, raises good questions but never explores too deep just surface level.
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.
Kurzgesagt are: -Intelligent -Make the best explained videos ever -Obsessed with the idea of aliens existing -Constantly making videos on how humans can leap into a solar system civilization or more They are CLEARLY a benevolent alien race that want to help us
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!
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
In all my years of watching Kurzesgat I don't think they have made a single video that hasn't managed to make me emotional, inspired and awestruck. You are too good for TH-cam.
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.
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.
*Everyone:* What are you doing? *Nasa:* Shifting an asteroid the size of Australia into Earth's orbit, isn't this fascinating!? *Everyone:* * *CONCERN* *RISING* *
That's the one thing that makes me nervous. It only takes a slight miscalculation or a misfiring from the craft maneuvering the asteroid and the earth gets a big rock slamming into its face.
@@ommsterlitz1805 Nothing is impossible in space, between the absence of air friction, the orbital mechanisms, and so on, you could push an asteroid this big with a little probe, if you calculate right ^^
@@sosopwsi829Jjw9 huh how much does a miner here on earth gets was salary?I don't think you understand what I said I was saying he is the low wage worker because he wants to be the miner not the guy who owns the entreprise mining the asteroid that makes him just an employee with no share in the profits
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.
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
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!
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?
@@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
@@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. ;)
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.
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!
@@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
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.
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.
2:13 I would love to play a universe game made by Kurzgesagt. Starts out as barely evolved monkeys, has us slowly work towards space travel and building cities on other planets, has us explore other planets. It would be fun
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!
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...
@@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!
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.
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.
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!
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 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?
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.)
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.
Doing something meaningful would require people to not only stop being petty, small-minded fuckwits, but also require the dismantling of decades (sometimes centuries) of archaic bureaucratic systems. So.... maybe in 200 years, if we're still around. Humans don't change as fast as our technology.
planescaped I can’t disagree with you, but doing something meaningful also produces something meaningful. There’s value to it, that’s what powers the global economy, so there is an incentive for investors and politicians to get behind something for the future if the person is doing something meaningful. Fortunately, we millennials and Gen Z are the inherenters of this world. We’re bringing the fire and vigor of good old fashioned will. Let the power of youth explode. - Might Guy
@@planescaped The real problem is asteroid mining would require unpralleled international cooperation on regulations for asteroid mining and peace. If a country or even a private companty screws up safety measures a little bit, a rock crashing on earth could cause world war 3.
"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.
Please explain, I get the metric vs imperial "debate", but why would it collide because of it or was there already incidents because of this? or did I just not get the joke?
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
@@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)
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Nice vid
Imagine mining an asteroid and then all of a sudden a gang of Space Pirates start looting your metals
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...
Lol that's just the daily stuff in Stellaris
@@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.
Weeb
At some point, when space travel is the norm, that's completely going to be a thing. Arm the torpedos!
"Mine in space where we can't harm anyone."
*kills a duck on Earth*
wouldn't be a Kurzgesagt video without gratuitous violence to cartoon birds!
@@alexroselle birbs
That duck had it coming.
@@brawmankerlexterminateurde860 Kurzgebirbs!
Yiz
Bird: just chilling in the ocean
Kurzgesagt: *you're dead now.*
You are ded, not big surprise
Most of us chilling in cyberspace:
Kurzgesgat: throws a pickle rick-shaped asteroid at it's viewers
@@Gaia_BentosZX5 funniest shit I've ever seen
😨😱
F
I loved seeing the spirits from Princess Mononoke randomly thrown in haha. Nice touch!
Glad I'm not the only one that noticed
one of the only kurzgesagt videos that didn’t make me depressed at the end
ikr they gave us hope
I just know I won’t be around for so many advancements and accomplishments wich is kinda depressing
Wait till you see the bird die at 5:32
Sorry
Srivats i didn’t notice that :( but hey he’ll be back (i hope)
Them: "what if we can get metals, *without hurting anyone?* "
Also them 3 min's later: *kills duck while delivering metals back to earth*
Lol I saw that aswell
This got me laughing!
Wouldn't the asteroid's gravity alter tide activity on earth?
@Bhupinder Nagi no it’s too small
@@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.
Things this video summarizes perfectly:
- Why mine asteroids
- How asteroids would be mined
- Why this channel is amazing
69 likes.
@@MLGProMaster-tu9tz nice
@@MLGProMaster-tu9tz nice
This channel is ok I enjoy it but it only just approaches questions, never really discussing any one topic in depth. Really a shotgun surgery channel, raises good questions but never explores too deep just surface level.
And how cheap rockets kill birds
I’m so happy KSP taught me a little about orbital mechanics.
“Can’t hurt anyone.”
Bird gets violently rekt by falling space capsule.
Frrr, first time I’ve seen a more violent animation on this channel
ikr why did they animate tht? :c
@@JM-st9ux then you haven't watched many of their videos. they have an animation like this in around every 3rd episode.
why? just why? This is just fucked up and cruel. I was enjoying this video, but now...
@@covodex516 i guess i just missed them cus ive seen a lot of their videos
Everyone: Why do the birds get slaughtered in every video
Kurgesagt: For scientific purposes, of course
Top tier patreons ;)
Science isn't about why, it's about why not!
At least for once, the Elephants and Mice are not getting killed.
They patreon birds...
thats what happens if you stop paying Kurgesagt ;D
RIP
"Asteroid has oil in it"
America: I think that asteroid needs some freedom.
I was looking for that comment :D
Oil is basically decomposed flora and fauna, so why should there be any on floating rocks in space
@@skdKitsune how do you think the rare earth material got there?
@@skdKitsune take a joke thank you
@@RADIUM108 it's all started with supernova explosion before our sun existed
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.
I will do it in the 30s and 40s, you in?
Governments are not needed, we are here, the companies are ready for the race in the 2030s.
@arianna sure :))
Wouldn't really change much. Instead of fighting for land and oil, they would fight over asteroids.
@@PaulodeMelothere are hundreds of thousands of asteroids I dont think they will fight over it since there is so much asteroids to mine.
Kurzgesagt are:
-Intelligent
-Make the best explained videos ever
-Obsessed with the idea of aliens existing
-Constantly making videos on how humans can leap into a solar system civilization or more
They are CLEARLY a benevolent alien race that want to help us
Probably some kind of bird-like species of alien.
Petition to start a religion
@@yourneighborsdog4495 permission granted
THATS WHAT I WAS THINKING
@@yourneighborsdog4495 Jesus Christ this goes into history
K:"Like an open fire in your living room"
Me: *silently puts another piece in his wood stove*
If your wood stove has an open fire, you have problems.
I literally have to set a fire in my living room once a while cuz I have a fungi infestation
@@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.
love my fire place. It will still work when the gas doesn't just add another log.
1:02 asteroid Rick on the left!?
"Space mining is more eco-friendly"
Bird get killed by a space rock.
brutally
Progress requires sacrifices
They very much made the decision to animate the landing capsule to kill the bird.
You will like the exoplanets channel too
Small price to pay for salvation
I love that they included a tie fighter when talking about electric thrusters because the tie fighter actually uses ion engines
really???
@@jessica4387 yeah tie fighters use ion thrusters with 0 moving parts to reduce maintenance cost
@@jessica4387 Yeah, TIE stands for "Twin Ion Engines"
Humanity: Yo, uuuum we have this prob-
Kurzgesagt: Space, Space is the answer
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!
It’s almost like funding space programs is actually an important thing to do!
Elon Musk: I agree
Yes.
Natibe_ no no no.. the president spent 2 trillion on military, and everyone knows the president is always right
This channel basically turned to a DIY How-To-Colonize-The-Solar System channel in the past year and a half.
To be fair it’s a very important topic for a species only a few centuries away from Type 1!
But hey, its better than most DIY channels
But who's complaining?
That's called teaching i think
It’s pretty relevant id say
Kurzgesagt Favourite Dialogue : Going to Space , Is expensive
Space hooks on the Moon ! ^^
“Going to space is expensive. Let’s do it right now”
so true
Sondadir yt
Because it is?
4:15 I love how he used the same orbital maneuver nodes as kerbal space program
...gotta do a prograde burn here...
Because its realistic .
Kurzesgat really out here building hope for humanity
No cap
They have quite grim videos too, don’t forget that...
im ur 665th like
Keyro Kurzgesagt
And giving you existential crisis
When u watch kurzgesagt videos:
-Omg. Humanity is so genious and powerful.
When u scroll down and look at the comments:
-Huh!
Underrated
It's still early, the quality comments haven't had time to form
You will like the exoplanets channel too
This made me replace "-Huh" with hah!
True my friend🤫. But these work If for people like elon musk
Kurzgasat: this could be our first step towards colonizing space
Britain: write that down
Queen Elizabeth:
*The time has come for the fire(britain) nation to rise*
I mean these days it'd be the US saying "write that down".
@@StratOCE More like" Attack that down" haha
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.
@@StratOCE the US has no history of colonisation
I've been glued to this series with all the possible areas of expansion we could have. It really is amazing and I want to thank Kurzgesagt for them.
yes space stuff is really interesting
FACTS
did you see pickle rick
I ain't dying until I see at least one of these technological marvels
so awesome*
lol you’re using one rn
@Cyrus Kuntum not really, more like 30-60 years.
@@lshowitt yes
@@usernamethenamed if we're lucky, biotechnology and medical advances could extend human lives to hundreds of years in out lifetimes
Can’t wait for there to be a Phone called
“The Astroid”
“made with 100% space material”
Apple: *iPhone Space* Time!
Samsung Galaxy can finally live up to it's name
Phones wont exist in the future.
30 yrs, people are gonna remember those as gameboys
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.
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
2040: modern day pirates now steal the capsules that land in the ocean before NASA can get them back
Exactly what I was thinking lmao
😂😂😂😂😂
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
Im pretty sure they have designated landing zone with security standing by
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.
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.
Ah yes. My favorite measurement unit.
S W I T Z E R L A N D S
I am 0,000001 switzerlands tall
@@pep2311 wow dude thats almost two fridges and a hamburger tall
Americans be like:
@@filipbitala2624 I know bc I ate two fridges and a hamburger yesterday
Americans, am I right?
6:14 I like the Princess Mononoke reference. Completely relevant too as the movie's incredibly environmental in its narrative themes.
Discussed that movie in my university Environmental Ethics course. A very good movie to use on the subject.
@@tankjr84 thats awesome man!
Yeah I didn’t even notice that,
Their pop culture references are just always on point
poor bird
Do you like Science and Tech?
I like how all 40 of us just collectively knew what you were talking about
yeah, let's pray for her.
@@Imagination_xxx yes
Sacrifices have to be made tbh
"All we need to do, is look up!"
*a piano suddenly appears and fell right on the face
*THE SCIENCE SHOW!*
Piano!
*piano crushes man from offscreen*
(offscreen) WHOSE IDEA WAS THIS!?
In all my years of watching Kurzesgat I don't think they have made a single video that hasn't managed to make me emotional, inspired and awestruck. You are too good for TH-cam.
My favorite channel definitely!!
Yeah me too, been watching this channel since 2013, and I'm always waiting for their monthly uploads.
Maybe the dinosaurs know how to mine asteroids but they did a little oopsie.
This is a big brain comment
Secret dinosaur civilization
Little oopsi that crashes the astroid into the earth
Ahhh yes the oopsie doopsie astroid.
The asteroid misses: kalm
It makes a u turn right back at them:
*PANIC*
The scientist turned himself into an asteroid, it was the funniest thing I've ever seen
great stuff*
i kid you not callum, he turned himself into an asteroid, ASTEROID RICK
I’M ASTEROID RICK
Came to the comments as soon as i saw pickle rickeroid and wasn't disappointed that this was the top comment
@@caligusto where?
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.
Scientists: drop billions worth of material into the ocean
Pirates: interesting
This comment is still underrated
(Edit:still)
Laughs in AK-47
@@y17_abhaykhele77 It will be highly rater. Only 8 minutes from post.
@@jrbcodes laughs in orbital defence mechanisms
yes, but no, pretty sure ho ever owens the teck, also owns guards to protect it.
So the mined materials get dropped down into the ocean in little floating pods? Sounds like an exciting new age of pirates to me!
Somali noises intensify!
Do you know da weh
INVEST IT NOW
Huh
UN police: *aims gun* *gives one pod* get out.
"oops i moved the asteroid a little too close to earth"
mass extinction occurs
Oops accidents happen
Yes very funny, scientists are dumb and don't know what they're doing.
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.
You're not gonna believe this
@@lenarianmelon4634 bro...did they see this comment? I'm very happy now, and definitely buying their game.
I was searching for this coment...
I see you already got the news
"The mining system won't harm anyone"
Me seeing a duck being murdered at 5:33:
Oh no I didn't notice that he died!
I believe it's a patreon reward.
that was brutal, but I guess it gets the point across. even asteroid mining may not be safe for the environment if done sloppily
Azidotetrazole yh, you get your own bird, no?
Yup I did notice just I don't want to mention
*Everyone:* What are you doing?
*Nasa:* Shifting an asteroid the size of Australia into Earth's orbit, isn't this fascinating!?
*Everyone:* * *CONCERN* *RISING* *
Imagine dealing all the fuss with "Karens against space mining"
It would be impossible to move and put an asteroid this size close to earth even if we wanted to
That's the one thing that makes me nervous. It only takes a slight miscalculation or a misfiring from the craft maneuvering the asteroid and the earth gets a big rock slamming into its face.
@@ommsterlitz1805 Nothing is impossible in space, between the absence of air friction, the orbital mechanisms, and so on, you could push an asteroid this big with a little probe, if you calculate right ^^
Krankar Volund yeah it might just take a while lol
Kurzgesagt: *Talks about orbital mechanics*
Me, a KSP player: "Just like the simulations."
Haha
Wars of star meme
_PTSD intensifies_
Jebediah taught me well
I was thinking the same thing KSP has taught me many things.
4:05 didn't realise it was a duck until watching this the third time
Parent: What do you want to be when you grow up?
Me: An asteroid miner
Huh so you are the low wage worker who mines asteroids?
Watch 'the expanse' lol
SO funny
@@KikogamerJ2 i did not know 1 trillion was low wage
@@sosopwsi829Jjw9 huh how much does a miner here on earth gets was salary?I don't think you understand what I said I was saying he is the low wage worker because he wants to be the miner not the guy who owns the entreprise mining the asteroid that makes him just an employee with no share in the profits
Bird: Minding it's own business
Kurzgesagt: You have chosen death.
Bird: *hello There*
Death: *KOWABUNGS IT IS!*
For real tho
Yeah, I don't know if this was neccessary...
@@hauslerful That bird actually wanted to die gruesomely. (there is a Patreon level for that)
Redditor
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.
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.
Most ppl don't get how vast the space is around us..
If you like Kurgestat, you will like the exoplanets channel too
Well space is quite empty everywhere
But there are many
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
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!
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?
@@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
Whats the relation to the video? Yall here sounding smart but your actually just advertising videos..
@@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. ;)
@@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. ;)
Scientists: Let’s mine asteroids.
Government: No.
Scientists: There is oil in the asteroids.
Government: 🚀
Hehe
Hehe 4
Tell them there are lakes of liquid natural gas on Titan. They'll freak.
Hehe 6
Hehe7
Asteroid: Floats through space just vibin’
Kurzgesagt: *our* asteroid
Space communism is the best communism
Are you 10?
You must not like popular television
If you love Kurzgestat, you will love *Exoplanets Channel* too
I forgot this site was full of kids and bots
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.
The writers: * talking about fixing a very big and complicated problem *
The animators: 1:02 *"I am asteroid Riiick!"*
HOLY SHIT! It's our pickle Rick Sanchez!
I'm Rocky Rick!
I am pickle roooock!
funniest shit I ever seen
@@All-star_Giga_Gargantuar Morty-ball next to it.
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!
See you ann tee
You are a cougar
Shh looks luke an cougar.
I swear if world leaders just watched this channel we could be living in 3000 by the year 2021
@@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
It’s nice that we found a way to send ducks to space instead of humans
Lol true
genetic transformed super intelligence duck. not bad
duck Life:Space aka Duck Life 6
Ducks are cheaper and weigh less
And find asteroids that resemble ducks !
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.
Those orbital mechanics depictions are so refreshingly accurate.
Humans: an asteroid could kill all of us in an extinction level event
Also humans: bring me *THE LOOT*
Exactly
Come to think of it, we can mine the asteroid until the asteroid is completely gone. No more threats YAY
@@wecluse good idea! lets do it then! wait...
Damm didn’t even think of that
Lots of asteroids pass between the Moon and Earth every year. Yes, we need to be careful, but that's as basic as doing the math right.
This is why investing in space travel and "helping the Earth" aren't mutually exclusive.
So finally we can say intersection isn't a null set
Hyper cars tv only initially. Once a space station where parts can be moved around is established it’s basically game.
You have no idea how much I tried explaining that to people
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.
Headbomb Archer Well if we mine for things like tritium our power will become almost unlimites
YES YES YES SPACE COLONIZATION PLEASE MAKE CAPITOLISM UNIVERSAL 🔥🔥🔥
I never thought I would see the phrase “Proby McProbface”
I would name my probe that way
Swirft
Proby McProbface is a property of Aiur, cannot be used.
Kurzgesagt: *makes a ton of ways to take over the universe
Me: *but which one????*
there is no need to choose, all of em combined
@@defensivekobra3873 Asteroid mining + dyson sphere = The entire asteroid belt being eaten in a couple of seconds
well it did its job. Make us giggle for a moment
@@defensivekobra3873 What this one said.
@@defensivekobra3873 I was thinking the same thing.
2:13
I would love to play a universe game made by Kurzgesagt. Starts out as barely evolved monkeys, has us slowly work towards space travel and building cities on other planets, has us explore other planets.
It would be fun
Same
@@SoloLevellor I will look into that, thank you
Check Spore, it's literally that. You start as a single cell organism and end up as a galactic civilisation. It's a true classic
@@Jawslehoff nice
@@mosqit4324 wow among us? so funny
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!
The dead bird!!! T_T
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...
@@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!
Everyone: Oh no we have a big problem, how the hell are going to solve this.
Kurzgesagt: Space!
| |
Me: I can't find my ph-
Kurzgesagt: *SPACE!*
So What!!!
SPACE!!!!
Indeed.
It's crazy that the whole thing sounds like taken from a Sci-fi movie, but we actually can do it.
Yes we can!
Watching this gives me hope. But my mind is like, no way that's gonna happen.
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.
It's already on the way just chill
I'm sorry but we should kinda fix our planet first
"This mining system won't harm anyone"
The bird at 5:35 :
yeah..... that escalated quickly, like shit, that got violent fast
🤣
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.
@@handlol it had stuff like this on other videos tho...
@@handlol are you new ? Bruh , you get use to it
OSIRIS-REX is about to land on Earth!
Asteroid pickle rick isn’t real, he can’t hurt you. Asteroid Pickle Rick: 1:04
Funniest shit I've ever seen
thanks, i didn't even notice^^
Covodex yea they have tons of Rick and morty references throughout their videos
Nice catch!
Wow i didn't see it
Good one comrade
man those capsules are gonna be a hot target for risky pirates.
This should be a sci-fi story
Until spaceships are available for purchase to the wide public nothing like that will happen
pretty sure the military would be interested in protecting a huge corporate venture worth trillions, somali pirates in dingys wouldnt stand a chance
@@Rhaegar19
I think there is. I can't remember the title right now, but I think the author is Ben Bova.
Maybe we could aim them at pirates 😂
1:04 the asteroid literally turned himself into a pickle, funniest shit I've ever seen
It looks like rick
Pickle rick
I kid you not, Tails; turns himself into a pickle, funniest shit I’ve ever seen
@@OneShot_cest_mieux It is pickle rick
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.
Thank you Kurzgesagt! You help us dream of a happy and prosperous future.
“He turned himself into an asteroid, funniest shit I’ve ever seen.”
Look Morty
Look
I'm asteroid
Asteroid Rick!
Hahaha
@@slice6298 Pickle Rock
I hate this
Marcin Marszewski also 4:05 looks like the avatar duck of kurzegesgat
I would definitely play a simulator game with Kurz's artstyle
KSP: In a Nutshell edition.
Kurzgesagt Resource Pack for Minecraft would be awesome.
@@anthonymcrooster3703 yeah
There’s a survival game called astroneer, it has a really neat 3D low polygon style and it’s space themed :)
@@apollyon004 that game really good
These People Are Literally Telling Us The Entire Way To Colonize A Universe.
yes somebody needs to show this to a world leader
@Fabian Felipe Lopez Palma solar system*
@@bigshoelmfao or let Kurzgesagt be the world leader
This channel needs to be mandatory in schools swear they show you all the ideas that we need to progress
Why Are You Typing Like This? Your Comment Isn't A Book Title.
I love the sound effect at 5:50
It looks like the people who did the animation play a lot of Kerbal Space Program
was thinking exactly this
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!
They have dozens and dozens of easter eggs in their videos lol
I seriously have a love/hate relationship with how many birds Kurzgesagt's animations kill.
It nicely shows the impact such technologies have, it's good to remember it.
If it makes you feel better they’re not real birds...
@@epiccollision well, each and every bird is a real patreon supporter, so technically they are real birds
"Asteroid mining, IT'S BETTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT!" *TM*
Birbs
I love how kurzgesagt's solution to everything is simply: space.
Because it’s the solution to a ton of the worlds problems lol
I can think of a pretty localized solution but it's forbidden to talk about it.
In order to solve the problems in your cave you gotta go out of your cave.
@@baab4229 Hey, Captain. How is the S.S. Obvious doing today?
To be fair, most of everything is *in* space.
4:21 Couldn't possibly go wrong 😂
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
Such cost is nothing compared to an earth with exhausted ecosystems and depleted ressources really
@@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?
It's the same arguments re-packaged for simpletons.
@Carlos Eduardo Garabito Yeah, guess your right. It's possible that we can achieve these things, but human greed knows no bounds.
@Carlos Eduardo Garabito ikr, guess ill just implement this crap in my stories instead and just hope
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)
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.)
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
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.
SpaceX looks like a more viable option
@@jigsawdraws9368 you guys need a better president, that has some future vision
Kurzgesagt: We can build this future today
Politicians: How bout no
Doing something meaningful would require people to not only stop being petty, small-minded fuckwits, but also require the dismantling of decades (sometimes centuries) of archaic bureaucratic systems.
So.... maybe in 200 years, if we're still around. Humans don't change as fast as our technology.
planescaped I can’t disagree with you, but doing something meaningful also produces something meaningful. There’s value to it, that’s what powers the global economy, so there is an incentive for investors and politicians to get behind something for the future if the person is doing something meaningful. Fortunately, we millennials and Gen Z are the inherenters of this world. We’re bringing the fire and vigor of good old fashioned will.
Let the power of youth explode.
- Might Guy
Milenials and Gen Z Politicals : Ok Boomer
@@planescaped The real problem is asteroid mining would require unpralleled international cooperation on regulations for asteroid mining and peace. If a country or even a private companty screws up safety measures a little bit, a rock crashing on earth could cause world war 3.
@@brandonn.1275
Yeah don't get screw up
The birdie's chirps at 6:31 🥰🥰🥰🥰
"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.
Go back in time and tell Hitler's art teacher to give him an A.
Kurzgesagt: We can go asteroid mining
Me: Jokes on you The limit is 256 blocks
Lmao go in creative
@@thedocboi2838 *then everyone in planet earth realizes that reality is in survival mode and nobody is op-ed*
entities like minecarts or rockets can still go above the 256 limit
Galacticraft mod b
Get a mod and a better computer, hopefully don't cause the universe to self destruct while doing it
I love how each intro has a little "topic easter egg," like in this one the chimp or gorilla is holding a pick.
Does it? I never saw one. I guess I'm just blind. And to think that I rewatch each video at least 3 times...
That's the first time I saw it, are there more?
Pickle rick was one of the asteroids
There was also a slinky in one of them
a pickle rick asteroid
This channel literally gives tutorials on how to make this world better 💀
True I would love to see a highly advanced technology right to our very eyes
0:51 "What is my purpose?"
"You mine asteroids!"
"Oh my god!" *Jumps for joy*
1:02 pickle rick
@@darthbots0062 funniest shit I've ever seen
2020: How to push asteroid to earth
2025: How did an asteroid accidentally collide into earth?
Ah yes metric vs imperial never get boring
Haha
Good thing its only the metric system being used then. For that exact reason. So stupid mistakes like that doesnt happen
Please explain, I get the metric vs imperial "debate", but why would it collide because of it or was there already incidents because of this? or did I just not get the joke?
@@unplayednamer0165 there was a space incident because of metric vs imperial, yes
@@unplayednamer0165 nasas Mars rover crashed due to this
Hundreds of hours in kerbal space program has taught me how to fly these probes. Time to ask SpaceX for a job
Same and i cant wait until KSP2 is out
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.
they even use alot of the ksp symbols. feels like playing the game.
That's some enthusiasm not backed by academic status. But who's not all up for it. Universe Sandbox2 everyday
Elon already said he doesn't care about college degrees when hiring.
0:53 I see my ceiling can i mine it ?
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes, tear out the copper wire
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
Metalic asteroids are actually somewhat rare (10%) but still.
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?
@@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)
@@ML-sc3pt drop a pure metal asteroid into the earth the size of anything worthwhile and we're all dead.
@@ML-sc3pt yeaa... No I’m not taking that risk
"While the space industry gets cheaper, eventually we could stop mining on Earth"
*The Expanse intensifies*
Remember the Can’t
I can hear the theme music
*Belters intensify*
alex H let’s go Martian marines
I couldn't help but think of this while watching. It'll all be rosy and fine though.
“The mining system won’t harm anyone” Me seeing a pickle rick asteroid at 1:05:
And he turns himself into an asteroid, funniest thing I ever saw
I swear morty is there as well look closer
Funniest shit Iv ever seen
Where is morty I can't find him
I turned myself into a rock shaped like a pickle, Morty! I'M PICKLE ROOOCK!
The intro song never gets old! :)
“Just look up”
My ceiling that’s the answer
Wow and if you like Kurgestat, you will like the exoplanets channel too
Same
Crapppppppp I wasn’t the firsttttttttt
@Chevre La Baa MMMM the Carbon CONTENT
@@PabloMartinez-kx9yq unsponsored fan promotion. I Dig that.
Was that a space pickle rick?
"It won't harm anyone" says humanity as it steers giant rocks towards earth.
Funniest shit I've ever seen
ASTEROID RIICK
I was looking that comment hahahaha
1:05
@@cobaltconan1785 we know ?
Oil in space
*"It needs freedom"*
Hey
Lol
The aliens on Titan need liberating.
Usa has entered the chat
Oil is made from ded plants and animals, but non of that is in space. So the only place in the universe we know that has oil. Is earth