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Re: Interesting concultural ideas

From:Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>
Date:Wednesday, December 5, 2001, 18:34
John Cowan wrote:
>Andreas Johansson scripsit: > > > I'm not sure of the exact definition of a "ringworld", but assuming that > > they work on the "ratating wheel" principle, the centrifugal force will > > mimic gravity very well (if it's reasonably big). > >A classic Ringworld is a short cylinder about 300 million kilometers in >diameter and about 1 million km long, with a G-type star at the center.
That'd mean an area of about 10^15 sqkm for the inside of the Ringworld - the inhabitants are going to have alot of space. Not to mention the amount of building material ... at a quick estimate more than the mass of of the Solar System minus the Sun (assuming a laughable average thickness of 1 km). Andreas _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

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