Floating Cities Above Gas Giants

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur by Isaac Arthur

Sep 12, 202600:25:43Science & Medicine

Why build floating cities above Jupiter and Saturn? Not for fusion fuel, but for something far more valuable: the staggering amounts of hydrogen, nitrogen, and raw material needed to build a spacefaring civilization. Get...

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