Science fiction delights in showing us brave adventurers boarding abandoned spaceships, exploring ancient alien worlds and space hulks, or surviving on planets turned into giant garbage dumps, but how realistic is this idea? And what sort of civilizations and cultures might spring up around such efforts?

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Credits:
Space Derelicts & Trash Worlds
Episode 201, Season 5 E36

Written by:
Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Keith Blockus
S. Kopperud

Cover Art:
Jakub Grygier

Graphics by:
Bryan Versteeg http://spacehabs.com
Fishy Tree https://www.deviantart.com/fishytree/
Jarred Eagley
Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_...
LegionTech Studios
Ken York   / ydvisual  
Mihail Yordanov
Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?f...

Produced & Narrated by:
Isaac Arthur

Music Manager:
Luca DeRosa [email protected]

Music:
Scott Buckley, "Red" http://www.scottbuckley.com.au
Marcus Warner, "In Arcadia"
Chris Zabriskie, "Unfoldment Revealment Evolution Exposition Integration Arson" http://chriszabriskie.com
Serena Elis, "Science"   / serenaelis  
Kai Engel, "Soli" https://www.kaiengel.com/
Denny Schneidemesser, "Luminous Rays"   / dennyschneidemesser