How to Build a Space Colony | Visualizing The Future
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- Опубликовано: 26 сен 2024
- Imagine a sprawling megastructure floating endlessly through space. One day, humans may occupy an orbital settlement several hundred kilometers from Earth. Perhaps, humans will settle closer to the moon, or in the main asteroid belt beyond Mars. If humans ever migrate into space, what would our settlement look like, and how would we navigate life in the final frontier?
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Every time Kronos does a new video, I keep thinking kurzkazact. That's good. Me, a huge fan of kurskazact, have found a home here to and think of these videos, just as fun to watch. Good job Koranos. Keep pushing the boundaries and getting me mixed up with my beloved German channel. That is evidence that you're videos are of high quality, good information and entertaining. You have my support.
Same !
Kurzkazact is a funny Variant of kurzgesagt
The only thing it is lacking is transparency on the sources like in Kurzgesagt. And birbs
@@viktorvondoom9119 I think Kurzgesagt is much better with this: Koranos needs to be much more transparent on their sources. The information isn't as trustworthy without these sources. However, Koranos is a pretty good channel. Like you said, transparency is the only issue I'm seing with this. It also seems derivative of Kurzgesagt, but that's not a bad thing. We, as a species, need more Kurzgesagt's out there. @Koranos, Keep doing what you're doing, just be more transparent. Good job; The quality of the video is great!
They are using the same themes as kurzgesagt, even the fonts they use are the same (Nexa)
Honestly you deserve the success you've gained in the past couple of months
The space station designs which rely on rotational force to maintain gravity are making centrifugal force. Under centrifugal force, the difference in rotation between your head and your feet will make you eventually faint. I would not want to live in a centrifuge.
We have also not made artificial gravity. I'm sorry to say this video is misinformation based on excited researching.
Even if it's a kurzgesagt ripoff. Whatever. Gobots were rad, too
@@_swordfern Rip-off? Or inspired by?
@@Direblade11 Would there really be a noticable difference between your feet and head on a structure several kilometers wide? I think it would be negligable.
@@jakobkristensensandvik5588 gottem there
Well bloody done I love this, I just wish you could post more because I'm a sci fi nerd and I love this stuff but I know that animations in these videos are time consuming but their so worth it when they come out
This morning I was looking at your channel for a new video and was disappointed nothing had come out. Welp, I'm happy now. Cheers mate, you're a breath of fresh air. Keep up the good work
This is a quality video.
I thought this was Kurgesagt because of how good it was. You need more recognition.
Incredible video as always! I hope you guys get more sponsors because you absolutely deserve it
I thought i clicked on a kurzgesagt video lol
same🤣🤣
Same here.😂😂
Finally!
Here am I listening to the masterpiece once and again.
I really missed this, thanks @Koranos I know how hard is to make this contents, it's really a time consuming!
Stay blessed, Love love love 💕
I love seeing channels grow from a couple of subscribers
Months ago this channel barely had 15k sub and now its more than 200k
I love how space is called the final frontier but in reality it's just the beginning
This is the first video that I am warching from this channel and I can tell that it is a high quality one and that you put a lot of work in it.Keep it up!
Hey guys , i want to say that , pls don't give up on this channel. You are making a very good content and will rise for sure.
Reminds me of Gundam, which is a series that started in the 70's about a space colony vs. earth war, with colony designs kinda like the one that was in the video! Unfortunately the OG show also starts with someone dropping one of those colonies on Australia :/
A fairly silly cartoon gimmick.
If anyone can build such a huge colony, dropping a rock is easier and cheaper.
@@JFrazer4303 You fool, asteroids would have to be brought in from the asteroid belt first, while the colonies (which were built by asteroid mining to begin with) were already in Earth orbit.
Nevertheless, they do drop asteroids later on in the Gundam series as well.
Don't call something a "silly cartoon gimmick" if you haven't even bothered to educate yourself on what you're bashing. 😊
@@ennui9745 no, you fool: the first colonies wouldn't be built until materials are already coming in from the asteroid that's being pushed into Earth-Moon space.
Don't try to talk about anything beyond a cartoon, if you haven't read any of the peer-reviewed sources that talk about how we could do it.
Thought this was a Kurzgesagt video when I clicked, I'm thrilled to discover a new channel packed with bangers
Hello!!! It’s been 2 months already since this vid aired. I hope u guys still keep this wonderful channel running 🤞🏻
Thumbnail looks the type of kurzgesagt ones; slick trick to attract unsuspecting viewers.
I'm glad that I subscribed to this channel. Honestly, I'm not too hopeful for the future, but watching content like this gives me something to think about. Great work!
Why are you not hopeful for the future?
@@brettvv7475 because of capitalism
@@heybestie6440 Oh brother...
@@brettvv7475 I'm not hopeful for the future because I perceive humanity as having lost our way. The more technologically advanced our societies become, the further we move away from the things that have historically brought us closer together. I'm not blaming tech itself, but I think we're moving and have moved too quickly for our own good over the past few decades. With everyone being so immersed in tech, I can only see things getting worse.
@@stopdacap2991 not tech, only the human mind, it's dummm
Sometimes I like to imagine people centuries from now watching videos about the future like this and wondering what they think of it.
I like watching old newsreels talking about the future, like the 30s or 40s trying to imagine the year 2000. I imagine they would look at us with the same amusement. :)
Awesome keep up tge great work
its like kurzgesagt but realistic visuals. noice!
Great video. I'm hopeful we'll get the ball rolling this century by settling the moon. That being said, practical robotic automation (the kind that would conceivably automate away a large portion of earth jobs) would accelerate things considerably. Getting enough labor up there is a big part of the challenge.
kurtzgesagt: finally a worthy opponent, our battle will be legendary
These graphics are amazing and content is unique. Appreciate the hard work! You deserve 1M+ subscribers...maybe in time.
This made me nostalgic about our pkanet and humanity. Our planet is the only dear little habitat with everything that we have. A masterpiece video in the internet ocean.
Been here since day 1 and you continue to do amazing amazing work! I can't wait to see next video!
Thia new Kerdsgasack channel is pretty cool.
Might be an idea to find an extremely slow rotating asteroid. Then send robotic craft to make it so that one side is tidally locked to the sun. Solar panels could then be placed on the side facing the sun for continuous power. Then two basic artificial gravity habitats are placed on it's surface, rotating in opposite direction to cancel out torque on the asteroid. Then mine out underneath the asteroid for resources and use regolith not needed to cover over habitats to protect from radiation, micro meteors, and regolith and dust movement from the surface of the asteroid.
its like kurzgesagt just as energy required
Your videos are always such a vibe
this is stunning! beyond words.
I feel Kurzgesagt has become very lacklust lately. Relying on there merch. Competition is a good thing. Great video.
I thought this was in a nutshell. You have great video quality, keep going!
Verily your videos are incredible, the quality is the highest
Creí que esto era kurzgesagt, me quedé a ver que tal y pues... no decepciona. Buen trabajo.
I have a feeling if were going interstellar, we are making space colonies.
i saw this thumbnail and thought "Kurzgesagt? since when did they upload this fast?"
that means its a really good thumbnail
very nice it is helpfull to our project
personally i think it might be easier to just genetically engineer ourselves to be more suitable for long term space travel and longer lifespans than it is to develop a warp drive for FTL travel
Yeah or Cryosleep would help us, too.
We love kurzgesagt, so we love you.
There’s no way I’m the only one who noticed how similar this is to a kurzgesagt video.(ESPECIALLY the thumbnail)
Lol I thought this was a Kurzgesagt video when I clicked on it
I like this video. It was calm, cheery, and awe inspiring. Thank you for giving me a taste of the future!
I really hope i can see this one day within my lifetime here..
Would be amazing 😊
The concept space structures remind me of the TALOS I from Prey.
This is a bit like Kurzgesagt and i love it keep up the good work
Glad I'm not the only one who thinks that
absolutely beautiful animation, wow
Like many space enthusiasts I set my own hand to designing space habitats. Here's my latest effort:
Like the video said we need to provide gravity through spin, radiation shielding, CO2 -> O2 recovery, food and light and electricity.
For radiation shielding I propose a hollow torus made from lunar material 2 meters thick with an open slot on the inside edge for access. Within this torus the habitat itself spins while supported by mag-lev tracks on the radiation shield, the mag-lev tracks being opposite the slot.
On the outer edge of the radiation shield are solar panels delivering the electricity generated through the shield to the habitat using inductive coils near the mag-lev tracks.
The mag-lev tracks can then be used to spin the habitat both up and down (when needed) using solar panel generated electricity eliminating the need for reaction mass for this purpose. The torus provides a counterweight, spinning in the opposite direction. The shield will weigh many times more than the habitat so it will spin relatively slowly compared to the habitat, meaning it won't need to be as strongly built as otherwise.
That last point is, what I believe, a major selling point of this design.
At the center axis of the structure is a spindle extending in both directions providing crew and material access and light gathering and delivery (one half) and heat reduction (the other half.) Light gathering and delivery is provided by light pipes. As there is no atmosphere in space the pipes can be coated in silver instead of aluminum for much better reflectivity without worrying about tarnish. The pipes extend to the habitat through the slot, as does crew and material access tubes and heat pipes running to the other half of the spindle for radiating away.
The radiating spindle half is shaded from the sun by a rotating shade and supports enough radiators to remove excess heat.
The attitude of the entire station is such that the spindle is perpendicular to the plain of the ecliptic, the rotating parts aligned with that plain providing total radiation shielding from the solar wind and if the slot is narrow enough there might not be a need to shield the top of the habitat from galactic cosmic radiation.
So we've got radiation shielding, solar panels providing electricity to the mag-lev tracks as well as other needs, gravity through spin, sunlight through light pipes to grow plants for O2 production and food and, finally, heat removal.
The spin will need to be stopped every, however many, years for solar panel maintenance but spinning up and down with solar panel generated electricity will be very cheap.
That's my design, submitted for critique and ridicule. Have at it.
Great video!❤
We have to grow much more as humans before we can start to life out there. Otherwise lots of ideas and ressources will be waisted to a rate that we will never be able to leave the earth without help.
The O'Neil cylinder needs to be thought out a little bit. First off its simple, which makes it easier to build. It also looks to be the most practical design of the lot.
Mining the moon should only be done to use those resources ON the Moon. Only for the logistical reason that the Moon's gravity well makes it too expensive to haul stuff away. It is much cheaper and easier to basically dock with any of the thousands of asteroids within the orbit of Mars (or millions of them in the asteroid belt). The smallish ones of 10km or less in size (which is the overwhelming majority of them) have barely enough gravity to hold themselves into a pile of rubble (dust, pebbles, rocks, and boulders). This makes them *super easy* to mine.
The only stuff you need to haul up from Earth (or possibly the Moon) is the original mining/refining equipment and equipment to build more equipment.
And as long as you're at an asteroid full of the materials you're after, you might as well just build a space habitat on the spot and save all that effort of moving stuff around. In fact, if you put a big bag around an asteroid and spin it a bit faster, it will come apart and be on the sides of the bag. THAT is even easier to mine, its like a ravine in Minecraft, you just walk along until you see what you want. This hollow asteroid is now doubling as a shield against space radiation and random rocks zipping around.... so you'd want to build your O'niell Cylinder space habitat inside that nice cozy hollow.
When you are building an O'Neill Cylinder and the very ground everything is going to be on, you would of course build in your subway transport tubes and maybe dedicated package tubes as well as all water, sewer, power, and communications infrastructure (internet lines), etc. This means *none of that* needs to be built 'above ground'.. this means *no need for roads or cars* , which means that much more room for people and parks.
Also if you think about it you would want *more surface area* , and so as long as this habitat is miles wide and long, you can build dozens of levels, *each one with its own sky* ! If you make a 'level' 250+ feet (roughly 75+ meters) high you have many options for lighting day night cycles, and different climates!
This means you don't need to worry about several resource intensive industries like oil/gas or building ships, cars, and trucks.
If the word underrated could speak
It would say my name is Koranos
YAY KORANOS IS BACK🎉
You should start a patreon cause I really want to support this amazing work
Description we have one
Another amazing content! Keep it up.
Beautiful video, as always.
I hope whatever they make for us to live on looks all sci-fi like maybe it’ll be shaped helical or some thing
You build a factory on your home planet then launch the rocket. Then you expand into a galactic empire. The factory MUST GROW
(Bonus points if you get my game reference here)
Love this video!
Oh... oh my god... it's Kurzgetsagt 2.0!!! I love it!!!
magnificent video
Oh, I thought this was Kurtzgesagt, nice job man.
Oh my godddd. How many times are people gonna goddamn say this, well its obvious why, because their video tricks the algorithm.
I get why you say "Kurts" since it's pronounced like that in German, but
really just spell it correctly.
Thanks
This is a comment section, not a spelling bee.
@@TinyTeeth437 Prison's just a circus, not an estate
i think im in love
with the animation
gee i wonder where your thumbnail inspiration came from…
Awsome video
Cant wait to see this channel grow!
Very underrated
We should already be able to predict the best direction to explore interstellar space. Would be best to explore in a single line. This would spread us the widest distance and increase survival in a large scale extinction event like a rogue black hole.
So the direction we choose will be “number of stars that line up in that direction x how close they are x chance of habitable worlds there”.
We would deplore like that. So….we should get a team to analyze which straight line to take.
Everything boil down to the cost of access to space (or specifically, access to LEO)...
Once that is solved, than any big organization will be able to build these stations.
at that year people already build Gundams that can destroy a colony
Nice, without text i would have assumed that you're separating sulfur molecules 3:24
When Koranos X Kurzgesagt happens the Internet will explode.
bro you deserve much more subs
This is pretty cool you guys are like kurzgesagt
Your animation is TOP TIER pls keep it up
Kid: Mom can we have kurzgesagt?
Mom: we have kurzgesagt at home
Kurzgesagt at home:
the younger brother of Kurzgesagt, love it.
Step one: build O'Neil cylinder colonies
Step two: develope large single-pilot industrial machines
Step three: declare independence from Earth.
Step 4 : Drop colony on earth !
All I will say is that we should probably keep a close eye on any that we build at L2.
This video gives me Kurzgesagt-vibes. Love it!
Your video gives me the Kurzgesagt vibes
And i love it
as always you could use space tethers to lower cost of transportation into space.
thx
I've always maintained that space colonies housed within an O'Neil Cylinder, a Stanford Torus, or other such structures is the future of human colonization of outer space. Within such a structure, the environment is fully engineered to Earth-normal conditions. Gravity, temperature, radiation, all of these conditions are easily controlled within such a habitat, as opposed to trying to control the environment on the surface of the moon, or Mars, or any other celestial body in the solar system.
Also, the energy required to travel between habitats is negligible. Accelerating away from one O'Neil Cylinder and traveling to another would require Delta-V equaling mere fractions of a meter per second in order to depart, as opposed to accelerating to escape velocity from the surface of Earth, Mars. or even the moon. Accelerating a massive spaceship means thrust, thrust requires fuel, fuel adds weight...and around and around we go. However, accelerating a spaceship weighing thousands, or even tens of thousands of tons, to depart one O'Neil Cylinder colony to transit to another, would requires little more than a puff of thrust. The advantages are so obvious, I would say I can't believe SpaceX isn't focusing it's efforts toward that as opposed to a city on Mars. However, Elon Musk is, without question, the most unimaginative idiot to ever launch a rocket. His engineers at SpaceX says he hardly knows which end of the rocket points upward, so there's no surprise his ambitions are so pedestrian and banal.
I thought I was watching some special Kurzgesagt video 😧 Keep up the great work man! You deserve at least a 1 mil subs this year 🥳
it's a couple of kurzgesagt videos in one, I appreciate the work but still
I like how the thumbnail really made me reminds of Kurgesagt
Such beautifully explained
Thank you for a wow moment. I live in northern Oregon. My family lives in southern Oregon, a distant about as far as the ISS is from Earth.
Amazing video and production. I wish humans will do any of that this century, the sooner the better as I want to be alive to experience that but given the pace of space progress so far it is very unlikely that anything will happen this century other than a small base on the moon or whatever.
If you take a roughly cylindrical metallic asteroid, spin it on its long axis & hollow it out, you could create the equivalent of an O'Neill Cylinder a lot more economically.
You could, you'd get a lot of metal too.
this channel is the only channel that can get close to kurtzgersargt (the name is something like that)
Amazingly Nice 🌠
actually a little salty RUclips didn't recommend your channel to me earlier 😤
lovely visualizations 😘
The solution for charged particles deflection is a magnetic field. Two powerful electromagnets on the two sides of the colony will do the trick, acting as 'magnetic poles'.
A lot of people would ignore what you just said, because you're right.
I love these space vids
They can start testing with a large vivarium at a cheap cost and monitor how life interacts in the new environment.
sick, new kurzgesagt video
wait a minute
We must start by getting all on board with metric system
Hundreds of Kilometers ain't much really, the ISS is only 420km above the ground and Hubble is some 547km
Nice work!
Beautiful
Incredible video !