Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

Upward Bound: The Environments of Space Habitats (4x46)

Uitzenddatum: Okt 25, 2018

A look at environments and ecology on truly massive space stations. As we expand in space and build ever large space stations, true space habitats, we will need to incorporate ecosystems into them. However, such space habitats will have their own weather and cycles unlike those of Earth, and we will need to adapt to those unique conditions, which will vary by size and type. Today we will look at everything from smaller rotating habitats like Kaplana One and O'Neill Cylinders to vast structures such as Ringworlds, Supramundane Planets, Mega-Earths, and see the unique challenges each of them will offer us in the future.