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

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

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The Importance of a Larger Community Size

The minimum optimal size for a fairly self-contained community is very dependent on technology and culture. The default village of maybe a thousand folks, mostly living in or near town with the rest given over to forest and garden and so forth, probably only needs to be 10 square kilometers. That would equate to a cylinder a kilometer in diameter and 3.2 kilometers long,. About 2,500 acres of land and water on the section under spin gravity for those more comfortable thinking of housing and acreage.

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