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The Megastructure Compendium

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

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Mega Tower Archology

Mega towers are envisioned to be very tall and wide buildings which are ecologically self contained, in whole or in part. In science fiction these are usually seen in the distopian settings of trash strewn and grafiti covered steel and concrete jungles. A space outpost with all its own internal life support in tower form would most likely be the first true total archology. An ark ship is meant to be an interstellar spaceship able to carry humans and terrestrial biology to another world. See au generation ships and interstellar colonization series for more information.

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