What If We Could Build an Alderson Disk?
This is not some DVD floating in space. It's a megastructure that might one day become humanity's home. The Earth might not remain habitable forever. It could get engulfed by a massive solar flare, or become too hot due to climate change, or have all its life wiped out by one enormous asteroid. What if I told you we could outlive all these disasters? And that we could do that by building a space megastructure bigger than the Sun itself?
Just how big would we have to make it? And what would life be like on a structure like that?
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Just how big would we have to make it? And what would life be like on a structure like that?
Transcript and source: https://whatifshow.com/what-if-we-could-build-an-alderson-disk/
Subscribe to the brand-new What If Discussed podcast: http://bit.ly/yt-what-if-show-podcast
Take a deeper dive into What If episodes with the help from the world's top thinkers in science.
Join our Patreon community and help make What If better: http://bit.ly/whatif-patreon
Can you translate this episode into another language? Add subtitles and we will link your YouTube channel in the description: https://www.youtube.com/timedtext_video?v=-e2mBJ0O3Rw&feature=youtu.be
Watch more what-if scenarios:
Planet Earth: http://bit.ly/YT-what-if-Earth
The Cosmos: http://bit.ly/YT-what-if-Cosmos
Technology: http://bit.ly/YT-what-if-Technology
Your Body: http://bit.ly/YT-what-if-Body
Humanity: http://bit.ly/YT-what-if-Humanity
T-shirts and merch: http://bit.ly/whatifstore
Suggest an episode (detailed): http://bit.ly/suggest-whatif
Newsletter: http://bit.ly/whatif-newsletter
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