Life In 2323 A.D.
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
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The History of Space Habitats
Duncan has decided to join the asteroid colony he has been helping funded overseas which is a mix of a mining and farming colony being established on Metis, a metovitch asteroid in the belt. The plan was envisioned to habitat where technology was mostly behind the scenes and minimalistic with most of the mining to be done by robots and sell food to neighboring smaller asteroid mines and ships. Having a surface area of 100,000 square kilometers Metis parallels in size Greece, Iceland or Hungary so is a valuable prize for multiple colonies including this one.
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