Build a world small enough to circle in a day—or vast enough to house a galaxy. This grand tour explores the strangest space habitats possible under known physics.
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Credits:
Space Habitats: The Strangest Worlds We Could Build
Editors:
Daniel McNamara, Darius Said, Jason Burbank, Keith Blockus, Ken York, Matthew Acker, S. Kopperud, Tim Liusko, Yamagishi
Graphics from:
Apogii.uk, Bryan Versteeg, Cameron Scott, Fishy Tree, Jakub Grygier, Jarred Eagley, Jeremy Jozwik, Justin Dixon, Katie Byrne, Ken York (YD Visual), Sergio Botero, Steve Bowers, Sam McNamara, Udo Schroeter
Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images
Music Courtesy of:
Aerium, Chris Zabriskie, Denny Schneidemesser, Evan King, Kai Engel, Lombus, Markus Junnikkala, Stellardrone, Taras Harkavyi, and Music by Epidemic Sound: http://nebula.tv/epidemic
Stellardrone & Chris Zabriskie
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
6:44 Basics of Habitat Scaling
14:11 Because We Can
16:54 Micro Planets
36:53 Cubeworlds & Polyhedral Planets
44:33 Worldhouses
1:15:51 Bowlhabs & Rotacities
1:20:35 Ederworlds
1:23:04 Bubble Habitats
1:25:33 Cloud & Chandelier Cities
1:29:28 Banks Orbital
2:00:03 Ribbon Worlds
2:03:06 Hollow Earth
2:35:55 Artificial Suns & Suntowers
2:41:40 Smoke Rings
2:43:33 Ecology in Zero-G
2:45:07 Anatomy of an Artificial World
2:49:24 Flat Earth
3:16:16 Sombrero Planet
3:21:13 Oceans In Space
3:45:09 Hoop Worlds & Chainworlds
3:53:11 Ringworlds
3:56:55 Alderson Disc
4:02:05 Megaplanets
4:13:10 Birch Planets
4:22:25 The Worlds We Choose