Space Habitats

[@DianeS2002]

O'Neil cylinders looking like Mass Effect's Citadel was unexpected

[@ptriptri]

Damn

[@Sakura9etal]

The citadel was probably based on that

[@irishbrewgaming2296]

@@Sakura9etal Have you ever watched any of the Gundam animes? These are pretty popular in space anime.

[@Sakura9etal]

@@irishbrewgaming2296 no i havent

[@arahmaneldesouki]

@@irishbrewgaming2296the witch from mercury bro 🤠❤️

[@IamRocky420]

I’d live on a space station if I had to 🤷‍♂️ I feel like the worst part would be the trip there🤣

[@conninator2000]

I mean, there are a lot of health concerns for that when it comes to gravity, bodily functions, muscular health, etc. Let alone how viable it would be to bring in and out resources. Would be interesting to continue research into it, but the planet we have could definitely use some TLC if we want to last long enough to even have these choices - and that doesnt even begin to touch the social imbalance that wouldn't be fixed by having rich people just live in orbit of us

[@TREWQDSAW]

Worst part is probably the cost of going there

[@palehorseman8386]

If it's an O'Neil cylinder, they would spin at 1G. You would need factories on the moon creating parts in order to even try one, though.

[@danielbar5646]

This. Exactly this feeling

[@yeetidk285]

​@@conninator2000EXACTLY!

[@caktuspoika]

Terraforming is more sci-fi then space colony's

[@ShakirFazal-os4lv]

Fr

[@NevartRennug]

Idk what makes you say that. It can be done in theory, nuke a planets magnetic poles, and seed the resulting oceans with micro bio. The real problem is building an atmosphere. Now it'll take 500 years, but it's doable

[@legendaryshadow6428]

Everything we have today was once science fiction

[@IdanGhengis]

Its more about turning mars iron core to be hot again ​@@NevartRennug

[@aclock2]

Terraforming is way too complicated, compared to space faring.

[@Big_Boi_Oil]

O’Neil’s cylinder looks like the habitat when Cooper comes back from space in the movie Interstellar

[@Axpek]

I think that's what it was (I might be wrong)

[@Jesusonthemic]

@@Axpek your right it is! Interstellar takes a lot of real life inspiration

[@Burgland]

I thought the same thing

[@mrmirchi3647]

That’s exactly what I was thinking

[@rafvaessen1821]

Because it is

[@devsirat]

Or you could make 7 huge rings, where humans will live on the inside surface. It can also be a weapon for protection against some space parasites.

[@This_is_random388]

Good idea

[@faedragonlucy]

Was gonna make a comment like this, nice job.

[@non-ofyo-business3399]

And then we need a 10 foot thousand pound master to help protect.

[@master_mega]

then we gotta destroy them cause they would destroy the universe

[@daviddragonheart6798]

Send them to anchor against the gravity of gas giants. Except for one. Make that one be habitable.

[@shortspecimen]

This guy gives my mental age of a 2 year old mind too many existential crises

[@LHT.]

Ngl same

[@fetusdeletus-695]

Always plan to leave not to fix our own planet

[@gamers-xh3uc]

Nobody is planning to leave is just to expand is like saying if americans come from england why are there still people in emgland

[@HappyMatt12345]

Nobody is saying leave. The point is eventually our population will become so large that there physically will not be enough room on the surface of the planet for us all so we'll have to expand into space habitats if we want to survive.

[@deemen12]

Let’s entertain the idea that we as humans would fully leave earth behind. We’re the ones who’re destroying it in the first place. The absolute best fix for this planet is us leaving it so we cannot destroy it further. Nature will reclame its place and the earth will heal. It has done so throughout history

[@theamazingwhaleshark4478]

We would have never left the caves with this mindset

[@BannerMirror501]

Please let’s push these things into the mainstream. I want to see humanity become a space faring civilization before I die.

[@sanitylogic4611]

Nah we dying WAY before any of the technology becomes even accessible to us common folk. The rich will enjoy leaving us

[@anomitas]

Not gonna happen

[@danielbar5646]

Google orbital hotels Your welcome That paired with an increased interest in AND current missions for asteroid mining, and the new moon race space infrastructure is going to start expanding ... and hard

[@Vim-eo2zy]

We are gonna go extinct before that happens. Something in my core tells me this. Believe me, technology will continue to live on for thousands of years but I don't believe our fate lies in branching out into other world. The earth as we know it will be destroyed and start a new cycle of life.

[@Kiren.creates]

The first one is literally just the Arc from The 100 I REALLY hope that at LEAST ONE PERSON understands that reference Edit: Damn, you guys really showed up☠️

[@ohdang3833]

I gotchu broski

[@Kiren.creates]

@@ohdang3833 bro fr?

[@ohdang3833]

@@Kiren.creates Used to watch that with my mom all the time!

[@rinject3686]

Yes😂

[@Leo-fp4zg]

Bro I live the 100, I cried when I finished it. Good to see another the 100 enjoyer.

[@reddragon9447]

Man this just looks like a real life ARK recreation. I don’t want a real Maxwell destroying a massive high tech space ship. Legitimately this is just a massive real life recreation the Genesis 2 map from ARK.

[@trumansshadow3652]

The cylinders are basically just like the space colonies from Gundam. I really don't want a war where they drop one of the colonies from orbit as a bomb 😂

[@ineedtopoop404]

We should just make ARKs. Trust me, it's a great idea

[@themetalmetroid]

I want us to spread life to EVERY world, eventually.

[@pamelam1101]

That'll take a damn while. And not every world, not nearly. Only similar planets as adapting to and building tech for such diverse planets would likely require endless work for the rest of our existence.

[@MASTERBlackHole.]

​@@pamelam1101technically its possible, would take millions of years tho

[@pamelam1101]

@@MASTERBlackHole. Yeah that's a concept WAY too far out in human existence for us to even imagine it or guess how it would look/function. Even if we disregard how society and political standings (as in countries formations' etc) would have been immensely changed at that point. If that at all made sense

[@evan3305]

If humanity tried to make an O’Neil cylinder that’d be like a kid jumping from stereo madness to a top 10 list demon

[@Thatguyfromtheroof7373]

* Insert halo three theme*

[@riemerdijkstra5974]

I'm also thinking of when building these massive structures how much percentage of earth's resources would it take. Unless we start gathering resources from other planets and asteroids I don't really see how many of these kinds of structures we could realistically build

[@LukeVA]

A space habitat would be a perfect setting whilst terraforming a planet or even a way to travel to the new planet while another ship lands years before and starts the terraforming process

[@trumansshadow3652]

Basically like a space port at, and in-between, planets.

[@LukeVA]

​@@trumansshadow3652 exactly that, it would obviously be a habitat for the generations that traveled to the planet, then once the planet was terraformed and human life could sustain itself the future generations would have the habitat converted into a port, almost like a much larger version of the international space station

[@crackcarc]

Let's work on ourselves as a society first to actually get anything done. After all, who would possibly want a war in space?

[@williamblack2904]

It’s easier to build a large station in orbit than terraform an entire planet

[@BreadOfWonders]

Interstellar goes hard with those massive cylinders , i still think about that wormhole after the end tho , cant remember what happened to it

[@joshualopez-op3gv]

One g is earths gravity for anyone that doesn’t know

[@xenoprismarin8387]

I think it isn’t impossible to see stuff like this in our lifetime. Human development in the last year was crazy fast. I truly hope i can see such a thing in real life, it would be Breathtaking. Well the Ping would be Shit but its ok

[@loukilla1414]

This dude sounds like if Tommy from Rugrats grew up with the same voice, only without the friends! Guys in the comments! please don't listen to this dude. He makes it up as he talks.

[@tiredteen8906]

Its so funny i watch star gate sg-1 currently and its a running gag that the main character o'neill has always space ships named after him, the o'neil cylinders are therefore no coincidence..

[@mr.dragon.purple9209]

I would like to spend my summer on a space station, this would be cool. No sarcasm

[@bigk6860]

With the world that we live in this would become dystopian real quick, We have to form a focus on terraforming.

[@user-zr6zg2qk9s]

Getting mad alien isolation vibes rn

[@victherocker]

If the physics checks out, it's only a matter of time before humans figure out a way to make it happen.

[@Immortal_playzs]

I think we should focus on using our resources to keep our planet from dying so we don't have to move in the first place

[@guma9065]

It's already too late for that

[@felicitybywater8012]

​@guma9065 Don't think so. Did you not notice the changes in pollution levels across the world during the pandemic lockdowns? We don't (yet) need to go into planet-saving lockdowns to save this planet but the lockdowns have already taught us how much cleaner our air and lungs will be once we sufficiently reduce the burden we daily put on on our planet.

[@Darkestnoir4]

Earth would run out of resources so we’ll need to move eventually

[@Kyonari]

@@guma9065 no

[@MPplayer4500]

I don't wanna move. I like my home. Also, living in space would let us feel empty because you're floating in a zone that you cannot enter. This Will result that many People Will try enter space and end up k*lling themselves.

[@felixargyle1285]

Bro you gonna be long dead before any of this

[@wildbeast3106]

Well they gonna have to move to space at some point cause Earth ain't gonna last forever

[@MPplayer4500]

@@wildbeast3106 i know😮‍💨 It's actually really sad

[@palehorseman8386]

That's like saying don't move to the America's in the 1600s. It's so big and far away

[@felicitybywater8012]

​@@palehorseman8386Yes. But it's a good thing we can almost certainly find a nearby planet without a sentient species on it.

[@tobiasneethling8871]

the last one is just the colony stations from gundam, newtypes and epic mecha fights aren't far behind

[@elrunningmexiboi7587]

Let’s just hope certain people don’t wanna yeet them at earth

[@unknowm8034]

It'd that 1 madman to destroy the entire system

[@creepy_ducko5618]

Bro, it’ll be like the movie Elysium in real life I’ll be like that nice habitat up in the sky while earth is facing shit

[@palehorseman8386]

Actually, we'll be doing both. Isaac Arthur has a wonderful series if you're interested in finding out more

[@RandomGamer3299]

The O’Neill cylinder rotates using centrifugal force (which is the force of rotation). If you want an example of that, it’s like one of those spinning rides in a theme park, and centrifugal force is the reason you get pulled to the outer part of your seat.

[@dio6797]

With our tech development it'll take a whiiiiiile 🗿

[@Calvin35]

I think we should focus on the artificial planet type things because Those things should can help us find real planets that humans can survive on the terraform

[@kev_51]

This reminds me of those space colonies you see in Gundam.

[@hrtz330]

If I go to a space habitat, I hope the toilets are better🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶

[@scorpx3790]

Both cases must be developed because due to the universe's natura eventually a collission will occur so we need both space habitats and terraformed planets so that we can keep having options to prevent a (in future terms) incoming collission with a solar system, planet, black hole, galaxy etc.

[@143iloveskz]

i'm sure i would die cuz i have such bad motion sickness in airplanes that my ears feel like bursting... to the space? yep, i'll die in the way!

[@HandsomeBlackMusle]

Space habitat would be 100X more feasible than trying to terraform an entire planet

[@chrs._.]

the o'neil is literally just a gundam space colony

[@alphtheor.879]

i think I'd want terraforming, too many pebbles in space to ever let me feel safe in a metal tube

[@PsiCorps85]

Both habitats and planetary colonization are good.

[@reiujiyatagarasu3910]

Were gonna be basically living in ark with those space cylinders

[@Dovahkiin106]

Even terraforming the earth is only a temporary solution. We can fix the environment, but natural resources will run out. We need to move eventually.

[@Kyonari]

Once we can harvest asteroids, those ain't problems anymore

[@BrodyMC24]

I love how if there's a single tech issue then everyone just dies XD

[@Midna_174]

Space habitats first, then when we are all good with those, then we start terraforming once we actually have the science for it.

[@avocadoooo186]

why space habitats? what should people want in space? there is nothing. terraforming is way better

[@Midna_174]

@@avocadoooo186 but terraforming takes time. Meanwhile, you can build space habitats pretty much anywhere, and live in them until the terraforming is done

[@felicitybywater8012]

I want this planet cleaned up. I don't mean we can't ever leave Earth, I mean there's not much we have to do to de-pollute Earth. We will soon have to move another incoming space object before it hits us but there's still plenty of life left in this beautiful planet.

[@user-ww1bl8dn5z]

I still think terraforming is more freasible for large numbers of people, especially considering what would happen when critical systems fail.

[@marcosdheleno]

terraforming is just magic at this point. the absurd amounts of energy and time required is just insane. we have no idea how to even start thinking about how to do it. let alone actually terraform anything. also as someone once said, if you can terraform other planets, why not just terraform earth, to make it better for humans to live. that would take far less resources.

[@daviddragonheart6798]

@@marcosdheleno Not even including the amount of time it would take to even be REMOTELY habitable. Mars needs its core to spin, so that's CURRENTLY out of the question

[@marcosdheleno]

@@daviddragonheart6798 YEP. Like i said, at this point, terraforming anything, is basically closer to magic.

[@Kyonari]

@@marcosdheleno but you can do all at once

[@marcosdheleno]

@@Kyonari yes, in the magical world of fiction. but in our reality, that is nonsensical whishful thinking. it would genuinely take thousands of years with our technology to force mars to create an atmosphere that can trap heat. and even if we did, like someone else mentioned, we have absolutely no way of forcing its core to spin again, which is what's required for it to develop a magnetic field and without that, any atmosphere created, would just be washed away on the first solar wind to hit it. so go ahead and dream about it, but understand where we are today technologically before beliving its trully possible.

[@pyrogamingsaveukraine4943]

o'neil cylinders are literally the gundam colonies

[@cordongrouch9323]

Terraform the Earth!

[@AsIfByMagick]

Earth's next great mass extinction event.

[@cordongrouch9323]

@@AsIfByMagick Eh? Reclaiming the desert will not be catastrophe! 😊

[@O5_CounciI]

But, I mean, earth can’t house us forever. Earth doesn’t have the resources to house us forever. And also, in a couple billion years the earth is gonna basically vaporize from the suns explosion. It’s unfortunately just not an option.

[@Kyonari]

already doing that

[@cordongrouch9323]

@@Kyonari ... Not very well... 😊

[@goofycat-yu8kh]

The fact 1975 is almost 50 years away is something..

[@cupricwheat]

O'Neil cylinders looking like Ark genesis 2.

[@Forestlistidk]

Space habitats before GTA 6 Is just crazy💀

[@ithoyamai]

Nothing is impossible i really hope we can live in space and become A better civilization

[@dragonflyerzx8465]

Imagine having to board a space shuttle to go to work.

[@pikachubrando8303]

I ain’t gonna live for that long anyways

[@bleh-zj1hy]

So that rotating thing is just like the ship in interstellar As i watched the full short i realised the second part is also in interstellar, so damn the directors really paid attention to every detail

[@Sourdcuo778]

I am so fecking happy I won’t have to go to space, I can barely get on planes

[@hoseaphillips7668]

Im really hoping that we go the Terraforming route. The space habitats are so dystopian and even once you got use to them it still would never have Earths magic

[@Kaflunkus]

O’Neil cylinders look like the genesis ship from ark 💀

[@joshglassburner6814]

Bezos wants to make the Citadel from Mass Effect.

[@xandercikanek900]

I feel like there is 100% an argument on this

[@mikecl07]

Yeah wtf is he talking about. There absolutely isn't a scientific consensus that humans on have thousands of years left before leaving Earth becomes necessary for the survival of the species

[@elizabethc7699]

The O'Neil Cylinders reminds me of space colonies in Gundam. Too bad none of us will be able to see it come true.

[@FishnHead]

Among us in irl will be lit

[@user-wf1bc8dl1j]

sad though that we may never be a part of that space station

[@Stytchless]

Irl Alien Isolation is gonna go hard

[@Lucas_inTheLIGHT]

Can’t believe that at some point, Terra Venture from Power Rangers Lost Galaxy will become somewhat of a real thing

[@NickolasMitchell-vs2by]

I say we should try both terraforming and space stations

[@matthewwhalley9692]

Just what we need is Jeff Bezos taking over the universe 😂

[@dougscott3263]

This guy is living in a Star Trec episode

[@user-sf2od9lm2t]

If we do live in space i require a spacesuit i can put on like a cartoon superhero transforming from their normal selves to a super hero. I ain’t living in space unless it takes me less then 0.7 seconds to put on a space suit

[@goldy6772]

Space habitats sound like a bad idea to do often cause you’re taking away mass from Earth, at least with terraforming you don’t lose as much throwing it off into space/the sun

[@pocketrocket9006]

The first challenge is fixing world relations so we can cooperate to achieve these things

[@Stefan_Ethishan]

This is literally Gundam.

[@halosithmaycry3529]

I am so glad that I not the only one who thought that.

[@Fogoboy5]

They fr gonna start making halo rings

[@user-dk4cd5xn1v]

I agree with Niel when he says that if you can terraform a planet that nothing like earth you can turn earth back into it's prime and it would be easier to deflect an astroid

[@WoonWeiHaiSerangoonss-xy7oe]

The O’Neil cylinder kind of looks like those in gundam

[@shepherdssolace]

The safer option would be terraforming, but that's so difficult that it's impractical. We'll probably have to have space colonies until we figure out how to terraform, or we just build domes/habs on the surface of planets.

[@LoaffBreadd]

If that truly happens, I wished I would've been born way way way wayyyy further into the future. I want to live in space!😮😅

[@austinedgemon8769]

There is enough room on Earth for us if we treat it well

[@teandroses7889]

O'Neil cylinder straight up looks like Heliopolis from gundam seed

[@noahforray1245]

That sounds like some fallout stuff

[@mmmm-lg2mj]

Imagine we end up in the colonies like in "darling in the franxx"

[@XenocidalTendencies]

1 of these looked exactly like Genesis Part 2 from ARK. Which is slightly concerning lmao

[@user-rq9zx9lp9e]

Star wars 2 (Remember the cold war)

[@marwaessaadi]

I have 100 series flashbacks....

[@ShadowKnight-hn3bt]

So the thing we saw at the end of interstellar

[@playeY444]

Thank god I won't be alive when all this happens😂

[@wolfie98]

O’Neil cylinder looks like genesis2 Ark map Interesting very interesting

[@al_Miskeen]

Now feel like rewatching the100

[@pastromer8552]

oh we're gonna get used to this stuff way sooner then we realize, trust me

[@kewure9132]

O’Neil cylinders, the space stations seen at the end of interstellar

[@helloidk634]

ARK: Genesis bouta be real 🔥

[@Azzazle]

I WANNA LIVE IN A SPACE HABITAT

[@General_tactics]

They wanting o build type 3 civilisation tech when we aren’t even 1

[@jopl2597]

The second one on the inside is legit just the Eden biome on gen2 from ark

[@Overlord378.]

Ahh, humans. We think of things, so Advanced, so beyond us; yet, when we try and make them. We find ourselves, lacking.

[@Mypfpisacoolduck]

I’m not going to that hotel in space, I mean first you need to fly there through really high g and then you need to pray it is working or you are gonna go out a really bad way and then you need to get back without becoming a human fried chicken bone

[@medic-gg7jo]

You're going to need a space habitat, in order to get to the planet, that you just terraformed. probably even a multi-generational space habitat, depending on how far away it is.

[@mysterymakes]

Just gotta research mega-engineering, and get the galactic wonders ascension perk. we'll even get 20k resource storage