How to build in space — for life on Earth

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TED Talk | Is space the “final frontier” — or the perfect place to revolutionize life on Earth? Space architect Ariel Ekblaw reveals how self-assembling structures could build orbiting real estate in space dedicated to solving humanity’s greatest dilemmas on Earth, leading to scientific and medical breakthroughs only possible in zero gravity.

 

Ariel Ekblaw speaks at SESSION 10 at TED 2025: Humanity Reimagined. April 7-11, 2025, Vancouver, BC. Photo: Jasmina Tomic / TED

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