Today we take a trip inward, to explore Sun-Scorched Mercury.
Mercury is the nearest planet to the Sun, a seeming airless wasteland little discussed in conversations about colonizing our solar system. Today we will challenge that, and show that Mercury may be one of the most promising places for humanity to make new homes on.
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Credits:
Outward Bound: Colonizing Mercury
Season 4, Episode 23
Writers:
Isaac Arthur
Editors:
A.T. Long
Darius Said
Derek Hightower
Edward Nardella
Keith Blockus
Jerry Guern
Luca DeRosa
Luke Parrish
Mark Warburton
Oliver Epsom
Sam McNamara
Sigmund Kopperud
Producer:
Isaac Arthur
Cover Artist:
Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier
Graphics Team:
Jarred Eagley
Jeremy Jozwik
Justin Dixon
Katie Byrne
Ken York
Kris Holland (Mafic Studios) www.maficstudios.com
Kristijan Tavar
Mihail Yordanov
Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc
Narrator:
Isaac Arthur
Music Manager:
Luca De Rosa - [email protected]
Music:
Markus Junnikkala, "Hail the Victorious Dead" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/
Koalips, "Kvazar" http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Koalips/
Aerium, "Fifth Star of Aldebaran" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ
Kai Engel, "Endless Story about Sun and Moon" https://www.kai-engel.com/
Denny Schneidemesser, "Across the Universe" https://soundcloud.com/denny-schneidemesser
Lombus, "Cosmic Soup" https://lombus.bandcamp.com