Life On Board An O'neill Cylinder

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

Isaac Arthur

Science, Futurism, Sci Fi, Future, Scifi, Technology, Space, Engineering

4.8 • 739 Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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O'Neill Cylinders space stations are examples of large rotating habitats able to be constructed in space in which people and even a complex ecology might be transplanted. But what would it be like living in one and how would civilizations based inside them in the future tend to operate? Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/hYyg8JC-6ew Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur SFIA Merchandise available: https://www.signil.com/sfia/ Social Media: Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1583992725237264/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/IsaacArthur/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Isaac_A_Arthur on Twitter and RT our future content. SFIA Discord Server: https://discord.gg/53GAShE Credits: Life on board an O'Neill Cylinder Episode 223; Jan 30, 2020 Writers: Isaac Arthur Editors: Darius Said Phonetic Failure Dillon Olander S. Kopperud Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur Cover Art: Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier Graphics Bryan Versteeg http://spacehabs.com Fishy Tree https://www.deviantart.com/fishytree/ Jarred Eagley Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana Katie Byrne Ken York https://www.facebook.com/YDVisual/ Sam McNamara Udo Schroeter Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Hello, SFIA audio listeners. In this month's Nebula exclusive, big alien theory,
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0:23.9	Could the most common future on the horizon be a future with no horizon?
0:45.3	The O'Neill C is a massive rotating space habitat designed to house tens of thousands of people, or potentially even millions, and has been one of our most commonly discussed
0:50.3	megastructures here on the channel.
0:52.3	However, while we've discussed what an O'Neill Cinder is a lot, and even what the environment
0:57.4	and ecology inside one might be like, we've rarely looked at what might motivate folks
1:01.8	to move into one or what their life would really be like once there.
1:06.0	Partially because that is a bit tricky when asking what life inside one would be like, as the attraction
1:11.6	of such habitats is that they can be made very earth-like, and ideally life inside one is
1:17.0	just like home.
1:18.6	Yet there will be some differences, and potentially many.
1:22.4	We should start by reviewing what an O'Neill cylinder is.
1:25.7	The O'Neill cylinder is named for its original designer, Gerard O'Neill, and its basic form
1:30.9	tends to be a smaller design with two such habitat drums, our nickname for a rotating habitat
1:36.6	inside a large structure, often with windows involved to let the sunlight in.
1:41.5	We often envision no windows on the design these days, with internal lighting provided
1:45.9	by mirrors through smaller and safer window ports or simply electrical lighting.
1:50.4	The original space art looks pretty cool and beautifully illustrates the core concept, but in
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