#455 – Adam Frank: Alien Civilizations and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life

4469.388 - 4486.996 Adam Frank

In the expanse, the asteroid belt, what they've done is they have colonized the asteroid belt by hollowing out the asteroids and spinning them up and living on the inside, right? Because they have the Coriolis force. And I thought like, wow, what a cool idea. And when I ran the blog for NPR, I actually talked to the guys and said, did you guys calculate this to see whether it's possible?