Entropy Rising

Jacob and Lucas

Entropy Rising is a science fiction podcast and futurism podcast that explores the real science behind the future of humanity. Hosted by Jacob Hyatt and Lucas, this sci-fi podcast breaks down topics like space exploration, Dyson swarms, interstellar travel, AI, and advanced civilizations using real engineering and physics. If you’re looking for a science fiction podcast that goes beyond stories and asks what’s actually possible, this show connects speculative ideas to real-world science. Each episode covers big questions like: Could we colonize Venus or Mars?What would a Dyson swarm actually look like?Are we alone in the universe?How would space warfare really work? Whether you’re into speculative fiction, engineering podcasts, or space exploration podcasts, Entropy Rising gives you grounded, no-BS explanations of the future. New episodes explore the intersection of science fiction, technology, and reality, built for listeners who want more than surface-level takes.

  1. Colonizing Earth’s Orbit Is the First Real Step Into Space

    9. FEB.

    Colonizing Earth’s Orbit Is the First Real Step Into Space

    We often talk about the future of space as if it starts on Mars, in the asteroid belt, or among the stars. Giant habitats and interstellar travel dominate the conversation. Those ideas are exciting, but they skip over a much closer and more practical question. What happens first. In this episode of Entropy Rising, we focus on the place where humanity is most likely to learn how to actually live in space: Earth’s orbit. This is not an episode about distant megastructures or speculative technology. It is about infrastructure, economics, and incentives. The groundwork that turns space from a destination into a place where people stay. Earth’s orbit already matters more than most people realize. GPS, weather satellites, and global communications underpin modern civilization, and all of it exists because we built orbital infrastructure when launch costs were far higher than they are today. Those costs are not fixed. Reusable rockets have already driven them down by an order of magnitude, changing what is economically possible. We explore what an orbital economy really looks like. Not science fiction trade empires, but a gradual buildup of industries that benefit from being in orbit. Tourism, satellite assembly and servicing, and manufacturing processes that only work in microgravity all appear early. Tourism in particular provides revenue and political momentum long before permanent colonies exist. We also discuss the constraints that shape early space industry. Launching material from Earth remains expensive, pushing resource extraction toward the Moon and near Earth asteroids. Human biology drives stations toward artificial gravity sooner than many expect. If humanity ever becomes a spacefaring civilization, it does not begin on Mars. It begins above Earth. This episode is about the step we keep skipping. Support the show Website: https://www.entropy-rising.com/

    35 min.

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Entropy Rising is a science fiction podcast and futurism podcast that explores the real science behind the future of humanity. Hosted by Jacob Hyatt and Lucas, this sci-fi podcast breaks down topics like space exploration, Dyson swarms, interstellar travel, AI, and advanced civilizations using real engineering and physics. If you’re looking for a science fiction podcast that goes beyond stories and asks what’s actually possible, this show connects speculative ideas to real-world science. Each episode covers big questions like: Could we colonize Venus or Mars?What would a Dyson swarm actually look like?Are we alone in the universe?How would space warfare really work? Whether you’re into speculative fiction, engineering podcasts, or space exploration podcasts, Entropy Rising gives you grounded, no-BS explanations of the future. New episodes explore the intersection of science fiction, technology, and reality, built for listeners who want more than surface-level takes.

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