{"id":142000,"date":"2022-07-11T09:04:06","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T14:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/megastructures-ringworlds"},"modified":"2022-07-11T09:04:06","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T14:04:06","slug":"megastructures-ringworlds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/megastructures-ringworlds","title":{"rendered":"Megastructures: Ringworlds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yk-Ivm9MhYs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Use my link <a href=\"http:\/\/www.audible.com\/isaac\">http:\/\/www.audible.com\/isaac<\/a> and get a free audio book with a 30 day trial!<\/p>\n<p>Ringworlds are a type of megastructure that engulf an entire star, first popularized in Larry Niven\u2019s classic novel Ringworld. These constructs a million times larger than Earth have captivated minds for nearly half a century but been considered impossible to build under known science. Today, we will attempt to show otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>Visit our Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.isaacarthur.net\">http:\/\/www.isaacarthur.net<\/a>.<br \/> Join the Facebook Group: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/1583992725237264\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/1583992725237264\/<\/a><br \/> Support the Channel on Patreon: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/IsaacArthur\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/IsaacArthur<\/a>.<br \/> Visit the sub-reddit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/IsaacArthur\/\">https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/IsaacArthur\/<\/a><br \/> Listen or Download the audio of this episode from Soundcloud: <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/isaac-arthur-148927746\/ringworlds\">https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/isaac-arthur-148927746\/ringworlds<\/a>.<br \/> Cover Art by Jakub Grygier: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artstation.com\/artist\/jakub_grygier\">https:\/\/www.artstation.com\/artist\/jakub_grygier<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Graphics Team:<br \/> Edward Nardella.<br \/> Jarred Eagley.<br \/> Justin Dixon.<br \/> Katie Byrne.<br \/> Kris Holland of Mafic Stufios: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maficstudios.com\">www.maficstudios.com<\/a>.<br \/> Misho Yordanov.<br \/> Pierre Demet.<br \/> Sergio Botero: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artstation.com\/sboterod?fref=gc\">https:\/\/www.artstation.com\/sboterod?fref=gc<\/a>.<br \/> Stefan Blandin.<\/p>\n<p>Script Editing:<br \/> Andy Popescu.<br \/> Connor Hogan.<br \/> Edward Nardella.<br \/> Eustratius Graham.<br \/> Gregory Leal.<br \/> Jefferson Eagley.<br \/> Luca de Rosa.<br \/> Mark Warburton.<br \/> Michael Gusevsky.<br \/> Mitch Armstrong.<br \/> MolbOrg.<br \/> Naomi Kern.<br \/> Philip Baldock.<br \/> Sigmund Kopperud.<br \/> Steve Cardon.<br \/> Tiffany Penner.<\/p>\n<p>Music:<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/megastructures-ringworlds\">Continue reading \u201cMegastructures: Ringworlds\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Use my link http:\/\/www.audible.com\/isaac and get a free audio book with a 30 day trial! Ringworlds are a type of megastructure that engulf an entire star, first popularized in Larry Niven\u2019s classic novel Ringworld. These constructs a million times larger than Earth have captivated minds for nearly half a century but been considered impossible to [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142000\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}