Earth has often been compared to a spaceship, one that’s successfully orbited our star and the galaxy many times over billions of years. So what about moving our planet or even converting it or another world into a spaceship? Can we use entire planets to cross the intergalactic void to settle planets in distant galaxies or superclusters? And what sort of engine and drive could move a whole planet?
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Generation Ships: Planet Ships.
Episode 179, Season 5 E13
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Isaac Arthur.
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