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Life On Board An O'Neill Cylinder (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

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O'Neill Cylinders - The Cost of Getting Into Space

We anticipate more of a suburban to dense rural or ex-urban layout for O'Neill cylinders. That might change with time so that one slowly grew into a metropolis, but my gut says main production will be to those looking for a few acres to call their own. Transport isn't an issue either, amusingly it would be much easier to transport food from a space farm nearby than to truck it in from outlying farmland on Earth.

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