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Have you ever wanted to capture all the energy produced by an entire star? To do that you'd need to take on the most difficult science and engineering project humanity can currently imagine: building a Dyson Sphere. If you succeed, you might even get our civilization to a Type II on the Kardashev Scale.
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Have you ever wanted to capture all the energy produced by an entire star? To do that you'd need to take on the most difficult science and engineering project humanity can currently imagine: building a Dyson Sphere. If you succeed, you might even get our civilization to a Type II on the Kardashev Scale.
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