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O’Neill Cylinders

A look at O’Neill Cylinders, immense space habitats. Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ 

Far larger than any conventional Space Station, O’Neill Cylinders could potentially serve as as entire city-states or nature preserves. This video will review how these megastructures might be built and how they may represent a superior option to terraforming planets.

Contributed by Tom Tolan

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