Statites, Lagites, and Quasites

Statites, Lagites, and Quasites

A look at Statites, or Static Satellites, and variations like the Lagite, Quasite, Mag Sail, Solar Moth, and Non-Keplerian Orbits that offer us powerful foundations for advanced, Kardashev-scale space development. Watch my exclusive video Giant Space Monsters:...

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The Bernal Sphere

The Bernal Sphere

The Bernal Sphere is an immense spherical space habitat design and the inspiration for many habitats and space stations. To find out more about them and other megastructures, see the Megastructure Compendium: https://youtu.be/1xt13dn74wc Produced, Written &...

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The Megastructure Compendium

The Megastructure Compendium

Sign up for a Curiosity Stream subscription and also get a free Nebula subscription (the streaming platform built by creators) here: https://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur In the future humanity may build enormous structures, feats of mega-engineering that may rival...

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Megastructures: Flat Earths

Megastructures: Flat Earths

Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ Our planet is so enormous that it can often appear flat to those living on it, as time went on and we determined it was a sphere, many still chose to assume it was a flat disc. While this notion is...

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