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Season 1 Episode 41 | 8m 44s
Humans have been talking about space colonization for quite some time, but our neighboring planets are not exactly the most hospitable places. If we are ever going to be successful, we should probably figure out where we could reasonably expect to survive.
Aired: 07/17/16
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