Unlimited Resources From Space - Asteroid Mining
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Getting rare materials from the ground into your phone is ugly. The mining industry is responsible for air and water pollution and the destruction of entire landscapes. But what if we could replace the mining industry on Earth with a clean process that can’t harm anyone? Well, we can. All we need to do is look up.
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SCIENCE
Love your videos!
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Nice vid
"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
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!
I would sign on with an asteroid mining company in a heartbeat.
Rock and stone?
O'ye, welcome beltalowda
@@ExternalDialogue Yes bosmang!
@@idkanymore6897 DID I HEAR A ROCK AND STONE?!
@@idanshoval6939 absolutely *orders 2 glyphid slammers* CHEERS
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.
@@outofthebox9699I'm looking forward to seeing you do it
@@arianna1906 sure :))
Wouldn't really change much. Instead of fighting for land and oil, they would fight over asteroids.
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
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
I’m so happy KSP taught me a little about orbital mechanics.
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
"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
“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
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 loved seeing the spirits from Princess Mononoke randomly thrown in haha. Nice touch!
Glad I'm not the only one that noticed
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
@@GaiaX5 funniest shit I've ever seen
😨😱
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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
4:15 I love how he used the same orbital maneuver nodes as kerbal space program
"All we need to do, is look up!" *a piano suddenly appears and fell right on the face
"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
"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
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...
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.
"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
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?
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.
I haven’t even watched 1 Minute and already feel bad for owning a phone…
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
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)
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.
Use the first asteroid to create a box to envelop the subsequent asteroids when you want to break them apart.
@@larspeterthomsen9798 big brain
Do u think it would still be a problem if the extracting process wasn't close to the earth
@@YusufDogan-pu6tu yes for other reasons. All that ejecta is still a serious problem for both you and your craft
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.
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.
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".
@@ChrisPWilliams 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.
@@ChrisPWilliams the US has no history of colonisation
4:05 didn't realise it was a duck until watching this the third time
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.
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.
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?
This channel literally gives tutorials on how to make this world better 💀
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.
they will if they get more profit mining in space
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.
capitalism will be its own downfall...
@@wolfie8890 wrong!
@@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
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
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
“All we have to do is look up!” Me, who’s inside: wow! All we have to do is mine the ceilings we have? Awesome!
Mmmm. Asbestos!
I love being bombarded with ceiling rocks :D
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
*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
I like the Birb being carried to the computer at the end he looked so happy 😁
"Proby McProbeface" had me rolling
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
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*
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.
You mean the moon
I love the sound effect at 5:50
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
loving the CGI in these videos, it really works with your style which im sure was hard to do!
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.
“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
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.
The only kurz video that doesnt make me depressed at the end but right off the start.
Such a simple style But such hidden charm
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 !
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
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
I love how the video played at the beginning on the computer was the part at the end of the Dyson sphere video
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.
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 just noticed the spirits from princess mononoke at 6:13 I love that so much!!
1:02 i saw the pickle rick Easter egg. i love the easter eggs that you put in your vids.
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.
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
Very helpful tutorial. Thanks.
The intro song never gets old! :)
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.
“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!
OSIRIS-REX is about to land on Earth!
Doctor: No biggest birb exist Birb asteroid: IM DA BIGGEST BIRB
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!?
Dinosaur 65 million years ago: hey what if we harness an asteroid for power, that can't end badly right?
there is no evidence
@@vomm perhaps
mk you’re so going to get r/woooosh’ed by some redditor
mk wow! Congratulations for being the 1# most observant!
@@mortimer687 lmao 1 second later
Love the tie-fighter
I like how almost any Kurzgesagt video I see would always have a reference or two of a video game or show.
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
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.
5:35 damn, did not need to go that hard on that bird
The beheaded duck with popping eyes was totally and absolutely unnecessary. Loved it.
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
Everyone: Oh no we have a big problem, how the hell are going to solve this. Kurzgesagt: Space!
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Me: I can't find my ph- Kurzgesagt: *SPACE!*
So What!!!
SPACE!!!!
Indeed.
I like how the moke in the intro holds something different to fit the theme of the video.
him: we can do it now my brain:DO IT THEN! but it's too expensive
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
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
I love the princess mononoke reference
I can feel myself getting smarter. 🙌🏾❤️
Plot twist : dinosaurs were a advanced civilization that tried this but ended up dropping the asteroid on earth
lmao yes
Just a joke man
Stephen C r/woosh
They were so advanced they could make all their shit disassociate into untraceable remnants to avoid interfering with other life in their death.
@Stephen C they where so advancey they deleted all the evidence because humans are tol dumb to use it
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
5:31 that was brutal
These videos are really cool, more space please
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
“We can’t do that it’s too expensive, we need to fund our military!”
Ooh, this might be a big comment...
You realize the military is basically a jobs program?
oh no. brace yourselves.
@@MrEeeaddict maybe pay them to fix roads instead c:
More like "we need to fund our welfare programs"
I'm glad ksp taught me orbital mechanics so I actually understand what is going on
6:18 The Princess Mononoke reference is a nice surprise
Kurzgesagt should replace the government.
@@PaulOrion Im just thinking about the "What If We Detonated All Nuclear Bombs at Once?" video at this point. xD
True
@@optionski5535 ok but consider: he concluded that if we did that, a lot would die, and we SHOULDNT do that. Eh? Eh?
@@thecountercounter9127 Ya got me there chief. :D
Yeah because youtube creators have the relevant credentials to form a countries government. 😂 Do you even watch these videos?
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.
These ideas are so amazing
As a tiny, triangular spaceship, I see this as a win.