Very few people are going to want to leave this planet permanently — it’s just too amazing.
“Ultimately what will happen, is this planet will be zoned residential and light industry,” he said. “This is the gem of the Solar System. Why would we do heavy industry here? It’s nonsense.”
Bezos also referenced the work of physicist Gerard O’Neill, who came up with the idea of a cylinder-shaped space settlement design known as an “O’Neill cylinder,” in which two counter-rotating cylinders would provide gravity for human settlers while mitigating gyroscopic effects.
Similar space colonies have been depicted in popular sci-fi movies including “2001: A Space Odyssey” (1968).
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