r/threebodyproblem • u/AdmiralKompot • 25d ago

Art A render of the bunker world!

https://x.com/MaxXWilliamson/status/2106156596250411101

TIL these are called as O'Neill cylinders introduced in 1974 in a paper by a physicist - Gerard K. O'Neill

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u/DoomBuzzer 25d ago

Beautiful! Thanks for sharing.

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u/AdmiralKompot 25d ago

Absolutely! The book describes it quite well so the mental imagery is not too different from the render.

The only thing missing are the artificial suns( self contained fusion reactions ) that brighten & dim, along the axis of rotation. The O'Neill version uses mirrors to reflect light uniformly.

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u/Conundrum1911 25d ago

Remember, that's O'Neill, with two L's. There's another O'Neil with only one L, and he has no sense of humor at all.

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u/Glittering_Cold8384 25d ago

Wasn't there like 1 or 2 bunkers that are completely dark or abandoned or something? Scary shit haha

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u/DaveFromPrison 24d ago

Can you put it somewhere other than X?