What If We Built A Ringworld In Space

The Earth may not be our home forever. Eventually, we may have to leave. What if instead of finding a potentially habitable exoplanet light-years away, we stayed in our Solar System and built a habitat so enormous we could never overpopulate it? What if we built a halo ringworld? How would we go about building such a thing? Where would we find enough materials to construct this cosmic megastructure? How long would it take before we could move in into our new artificial home? Transcript and sources: https://insh.world/science/what-if-we-built-a-ring-world-in-space/ Made possible with the support of Ontario Creates http://www.ontariocreates.ca Watch more what-if scenarios: Planet Earth: /watch/l2byw9N9qYpNN0qCmwxzCJTxVAYHRXdZLP=tsil&cr7DYwChH-_hy The Cosmos: /watch/U8EmHYGNXwuGLn9FFo6onJTxVAYHRXdZLP=tsil&g_HMkVyJufgJm Technology: /watch/OKdDk7BESqGogXgtJ3YReITxVAYHRXdZLP=tsil&Upf50OBb3SCbD Your Body: /watch/OZG8jHsSy2lKANeFF9VsNJTxVAYHRXdZLP=tsil&8AbrT64RXmQR8 Humanity: /watch/ZvSCSxFz8tM-vbWeOmvnFITxVAYHRXdZLP=tsil&wnGXyIQDCdfDC Follow what-if on Instagram for bonus material: https://www.instagram.com/what.if.show/ Suggest an episode: http://bit.ly/suggest-whatif T-shirts and merch: http://bit.ly/whatifshop Facebook Watch: https://www.facebook.com/What.If.science Watch on Tubi: http://bit.ly/what-if-tubi "Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it, we go nowhere." — Carl Sagan If you enjoy What If, make sure to check out our other channel "Underknown": /c/interestingshit Produced by Underknown in Toronto, What If is a mini-documentary web series that takes you on an epic journey through hypothetical worlds and possibilities. Join us on an imaginary adventure — grounded in scientific theory — through time, space and chance, as we ask what if some of the most fundamental aspects of our existence were different. Feedback, inquiries and suggestions: https://underknown.com/contact

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