Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell · SEASON 8
Unlimited Resources From Space – Asteroid Mining
Episode 11 · 2020-08-16

- Documentary
- Animation
Episode overview
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.
8 minutes
Season 8 episodes
1. Milk. White Poison or Healthy Drink?2020-01-26
2. How to Make a Kurzgesagt Video in 1200 Hours2020-02-16
3. Why Blue Whales Don't Get Cancer - Peto's Paradox2020-03-01
4. The Coronavirus Explained & What You Should Do2020-03-19
5. Why Are You Alive – Life, Energy & ATP2020-05-10
6. The Past We Can Never Return To – The Anthropocene Reviewed2020-05-24
7. Could Solar Storms Destroy Civilization? Solar Flares & Coronal Mass Ejections2020-06-07
8. Who Is Responsible For Climate Change? – Who Needs To Fix It?2020-06-21
9. What Is Intelligence? Where Does it Begin?2020-07-12
10. What Do Alien Civilizations Look Like? The Kardashev Scale2020-08-02
11. Unlimited Resources From Space – Asteroid Mining2020-08-16
12. The Warrior Kingdoms of the Weaver Ant2020-08-30
13. The Largest Star in the Universe – Size Comparison2020-09-22
14. Is It Too Late To Stop Climate Change? Well, it's Complicated.2020-09-29
15. When Time Became History - The Human Era2020-10-06
16. Geoengineering: A Horrible Idea We Might Have to Do2020-10-27
17. How Large Can a Bacteria get? Life & Size 32020-11-10
18. What If Earth got Kicked Out of the Solar System? Rogue Earth2020-12-01
19. Can You Upload Your Mind & Live Forever?2020-12-10
20. What if We Nuke the Moon?2020-12-15