CNET - Good news, Earthlings, we might be able to make asteroids habitable one day

Good news, Earthlings, we might be able to make asteroids habitable one day.⁠⁠A group of scientists at the University of Rochester in New York worked out a plan for turning asteroids into spinning space cities with artificial gravity. The researchers published a "wildly theoretical" study in Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences earlier this year. ⁠⁠The basic concept behind the asteroid city builds on an idea called the O'Neill cylinder, a rotating space colony design proposed by physicist Gerard O'Neill in the 1970s. It's a fascinating idea, but it would be difficult and expensive to transport enough material into space to make a large-scale O'Neill cylinder. ⁠⁠Would you want to live on an asteroid? Tap the link in our bio to read more.⁠⁠#Asteroids #Space #Science
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