The Million Year Ark

A Journey to the Edge of Time and Space
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As we continue our look at Generation Ships, vast vessels designed to carry many thousands of colonists to distant and alien worlds centuries away, we must ask just how far and how long such ships can be made to last? Can space ships be made that will endure even longer voyages of thousands or even millions of years in the void of interstellar or even intergalactic space? Will ships, and their crews, fall apart or turn into Cargo Cults who no longer remember how their technology functions or what their mission was?

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Credits:
Generation Ships: The Million Year Ark
Episode 155, S4E41

Writers:
Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Darius Said
Derek Hightower
Gregory Leal https://www.gregschool.org/
Jerry Guern
Keith Blockus
Mark Warburton
Sigmund Kopperud

Graphics:
Fishy Tree https://www.deviantart.com/fishytree/
Jarred Eagley
Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana
Justin Dixon
Krisitijan Tavcar https://www.miragedereve.com
LegionTech Studios https://hades9.com
Sam McNamara
Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc

Producer:
Isaac Arthur

Cover Artist:
Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier

Narrator:
Isaac Arthur

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