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Self-Growing Habitats & Space Bases

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

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The Future of Inflatables

Expect a lot of robots to be dumped out of spaceships on to the moon and remote controld directly from earth by people. And some of those vehicles could be carrying a lot of inflatable structures and power generators. With that mind, do not think of inflatable as weak. Indeed, you can make it quite rigid and sturdy by drop stitching and segmenting,. As we see with lots of modern inflatables. For camping, that's a great reminder. Two, how technology developed for space can be used down here - vorsa camping gear alone is a multi billion dollar industry.

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