Andreas Johansson wrote:
> 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.
You bet. And given enough time, a great deal of speciation of the
inhabitants can occur (including the intelligent hominids).
> 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).
You want to dismantle the entire rest of the stellar system anyhow,
so that no space junk remains that might damage the ring.
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