Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur cover image

The Megastructure Compendium

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

00:00

A Brief Introduction to Bucky Habs

Bucky habs are connections of cylinder habitats to form a bucky ball. Such polygon arrangements could easily be platonic. Mako structures is a nickname for those types of mager structures, which are interesting as concepts, but wildly impractical enough that weu only expect them to be built for prest ge or tourist value. Examples include cube shaped planets and disc shaped planets.

Play episode from 26:40
Transcript

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app