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The Megastructure Compendium

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

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Clark Te Is Not a Mega Structure, but Is a Feature of Many Proposed Mega Structures

The name is derived from arthur c. Clark's famous quote that any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Can include seemingly impossibly strong materials or other types of unobtanum, as well as faster than light systems and perpetual motion machines. Cube wards would have their gravity highest at the middle of each of the six faces and lowest at the eight corners furthest from the centre. Gravity would also aim at the centre, rather than perpendicular to the surface. Many other shapes, such as dodachedrins or bucky balls, follow similar rules and limitations as cube wards.

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