Re: Interesting concultural ideas

Maarten escreva:
>Hey, I have a better idea: why don't we take a sphere, fill it up with mass
>to create the right gravity. Then we set it at a distance from the sun, so
>it receives the correct amount of irrdiation, and we spin it to create a
>day/night cycle. Then we let it orbit the sun at a speed that keeps it
>exactly in orbit. It is somewhat tougher to map than your ring, but a much
>more economical use of surface, since you could use all sides of the sphere.
>Ok, the top and bottom parts will be somewhat less inhabitable, because of
>the wrong irradiation angle, but we could tilt the revolution axis of this
>sphere to compensate for that. It sounds like an ideal shape actually.
>Anyone wish to comment?
ROTFLMAO! Don't be stupid- things would fall off the bottom.... <g>

Dan

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