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The Megastructure Compendium

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

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Using a Quasar Drive to Move Large Objects

Power beaming systems can come in n forms, but the default version is likely to be a huge solar array that converts sunlight into micro waves. The name quasa drive is derived from quasas, the super bright objects, which are typically thousands times brighter than entire galaxies. Planet ships using quasor drives represent a plausible approach to intergalactic colonization of even galaxies more than a billion light years away.

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