What If You Lived in a Cosmic Skyscraper?

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It would be taller than the Burj Khalifa and Mount Fuji. We're taking it to the sky today and touching the troposphere in a cosmic skyscraper. How big would this skyscraper's base be? How would you get up by elevator? And what would living the high life in your skyscraper tower be like?

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00:00 Cosmic skyscraper
00:41 Kármán line
01:41 Thanks, Better Internet!
02:50 Construction
05:39 High life

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