by JohnD » Mon Jul 15, 2013 5:16 pm
Quote, BDanielMayfield, "But, haven't you heard, The Ringworld is unstable!"
And that's why the Engineers installed the Rim Ramjets!
And if someone like Freeman Dyson can let down his supremely intellectual hair and indulge his imagination to think of Spheres, I can think of a Galactic RingWorld. Of course, I am thinking far too small, because as has been pointed out, a RingWorld is just a segment of a Sphere, and I should be imagining a Galactic Dyson Sphere!
But I think that has been done, and it would include an unbelievable volume of breathable air and such a low gradient gravity field, that beings could survive unsuited in permanent freefall, structures as big as planets could be built by Snartibartfast Inc., and you could get to Mars from Earth by flapping your wings and flying straight. Sort of Smoke Ring, without the navigational problem of "East takes you Out, Out takes you West, West takes you In, In takes you East. Port and Starboard bring you back."
John
Quote, BDanielMayfield, "But, haven't you heard, The Ringworld is unstable!"
And that's why the Engineers installed the Rim Ramjets!
And if someone like Freeman Dyson can let down his supremely intellectual hair and indulge his imagination to think of Spheres, I can think of a Galactic RingWorld. Of course, I am thinking far too small, because as has been pointed out, a RingWorld is just a segment of a Sphere, and I should be imagining a Galactic Dyson Sphere!
But I think that has been done, and it would include an unbelievable volume of breathable air and such a low gradient gravity field, that beings could survive unsuited in permanent freefall, structures as big as planets could be built by Snartibartfast Inc., and you could get to Mars from Earth by flapping your wings and flying straight. Sort of Smoke Ring, without the navigational problem of "East takes you Out, Out takes you West, West takes you In, In takes you East. Port and Starboard bring you back."
John