Education,  Futurist

Interstellar Space Arks – Humanity’s Exodus From Earth

Earlier this year, Professor Stephen Hawking warned the human race that, unless we found a way to colonise another planet in the next hundred years, we would face a very real threat of extinction. He said: “With climate change, overdue asteroid strikes, epidemics and population growth, our own planet is increasingly precarious.”

The idea of a brave band of people leaving Earth to start a new life elsewhere in the galaxy isn’t new. Rocket pioneer Robert H Goddard described an “interstellar ark” in 1918, and ten years later his Russian counterpart Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, known as the father of astronautic theory, wrote about a Noah’s Ark that would fly in space for thousands of years.

In this video we look at some of the issues that would surround the building, manning, flying and destination of on interstellar space ark.

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Presented by Paul Shillito
Written and Researched by Martin Kielty
Additional Material by Paul Shillito
Images and Footage : NASA, Adam Benton, Bisbos.com
Music by Paul Shillito

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