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Space Habitats (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

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The Future of Space Habitats

It is possible to imagine some habitats having guest policies that require them to use remote drones or virtual reality during visits. A human habitat would have its own digital ecosystem, internet and local virtual worlds though many might be within a light second of thousands of their habitats to share without much signal lag. It's honestly not likely to have a single big station spinning around by itself either, indeed it is likely to be enclosed in some non-rotating protective superstructure anyway. Though a habitat undergoing major repairs or refurbishment could be removed and towed away, as opposed to a vacant and decaying building in the community nowadays. You could have some enormous dry docks too, designed for holding your near cylinders for easy

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