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Can you solve the dark matter fuel riddle? - Daniel Finkel

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It’s an incredible discovery: an abandoned alien space station filled with precursor technology. Now every species in the galaxy is in a mad dash to get there first, but you’ve got a problem. Your ship can’t hold enough fuel to get you there unless you vent caches of it into space at precise points and then come back for the fuel later. Can you reach the alien space station? Dan Finkel shows how.

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Meet The Creators

Educator
Daniel Finkel
Director
Igor Coric
Narrator
Addison Anderson
Animator
Nemanja Petrovic
Sound Designer
Nemanja Petrovic
Director of Production
Gerta Xhelo
Editorial Producer
Alex Rosenthal
Associate Producer
Bethany Cutmore-Scott
Fact-Checker
Eden Girma

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