
The First Martian Cities: Planning Habitats (Narration Only)
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Mars won’t get cities because it becomes easy to live there. It gets cities because people stay. We explore how the first fragile outposts become homes, economies, neighborhoods, and civilization.
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The First Martian Cities: Planning Habitats
Editors: Phil Leichauer
Graphics: Bryan Versteeg
Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
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Chapters
0:00 Intro
5:16 Fluorine in the Toolbox
10:14 The Halogen Sea
17:35 Rocket-Engine Biology & Fluorine Dragons
23:11 Worlds, Weather, Detection, and Civilization
28:16 TierZoo
29:24 Life Under Armed Guard
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