Colonizing the Kuiper Belt (Narration Only)
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
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The Dyson Swarm of Habitates
In such an era, we're collecting all the power of the Sun really only requires enough metal to make a paper thin tin foil ball around the Sun in near Mercury. If our population doubled every century, it wouldn't be until 3200 AD before we might feel the pinch on this sort of travel method. We would likely see something more like an upgun solar moth where power is sent out to the ship to be bounced into superheating up a balance acquired from the area.
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