Using Asteroids As Spaceships (Narration Only)
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
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Using a Cyclone to Colonize Asteroids
An Earth-marless cyclor will be a long elliptical orbit around the Sun, taking a couple years and spending most of it out beyond Mars. They require no more fuel to continue their orbit than any other heavenly body orbiting the Sun does. The only force acting on a planet orbiting our Sun is the Sun's gravity acting like a sling to whip the planet around in circles or elliptical orbits.
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