Megastructures
Someone sent me this interesting mega-scale space colony image:
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Now, can anyone tell me what kind of megastructure would this be? I’m thinking that this is either O’Neil Cylinder, a Stanford Taurus or a Topopolis.
Actually, both O’Neil Cylinder and Topopolis rotate around their own axis, so all wall space could be used for habitation. Only the Stanford Taurus rotates around fixed point forcing the kind of living space arrangement that is visible in the picture.
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August 25th, 2007 at 5:25 pm (5928) [Quote]
See Ringworld by Larry Niven.
http://www.amazon.com/Ringworld-S-F-Masterworks-S-Larry-Niven/dp/05750 77026/ref=pd_bbs_9/105-9411718-9712434?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1188077029& sr=8-9#citing
Posted usingAugust 25th, 2007 at 7:19 pm (5929) [Quote]
Never read that book. I probably should.
Thanks!
Posted usingMarch 14th, 2008 at 1:32 pm (8485) [Quote]
it looks like a Stanford Torus from its inner shape, a O’Neil Cylinder is much bigger, and a Ringworld as someone said is even more bigger and would not need a roof, dunno bout the last one.
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