A new industrial revolution is coming—not on Earth, but above it. This episode delves into how orbital shipyards will produce everything from shuttles to megastructures, changing how we explore and inhabit space.Watch my exclusive video Fishbowl Starships - Water As Shielding -
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Orbital Shipyards: Building Fleets in Space
Episode 722; June 5, 2025; Nebula Exclusive
Written, Produced, & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
Graphics:
Anthrofuturism
Bryan Versteeg
Fishy Tree
Jeremy Jozwik
Melanovis
Sergio Botero
SpaceResourcesCGI
Udo Schroeter
Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images
Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound
Phase Shift, "Forest Night"
Kai Engel, "Endless Story of Sun and Moon"
Chris Zabriskie, "Unfoldment, Revealment", "A New Day in a New Sector", "Oxygen Garden"
Stellardrone, "Red Giant", "Billions and Billions"
Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:15 Why Build in Orbit?
1:32 The Gravity Well Problem
3:26Material Sourcing – The Importance of ISRU
5:47Early Orbital Shipyards – Existing & Near-Future Projects
6:37 Lessons from Space Stations & Prototypes
8:35 Port George & Linus Scrapyard – Revisiting Fictional Shipyards
13:22 Infrastructure & Logistics of Orbital Shipyards
23:49 Constructing Different Types of Ships
32:15 Challenges of Large-Scale Shipbuilding
34:30 Maintenance, Repairs, and Refits – Sustaining a Spacefaring Fleet
39:50 Salvage and Recycling
41:02 The Future of Orbital Shipyards – Expanding Beyond Earth
43:29 The Rise of Megastructure Shipyards
45:00 Privatization and the Spacefaring Economy
46:41 Shipyards as Strategic Military and Political Assets
48:32 The Role of AI, Automation, and Post-Human Workforces
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