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Mon Oct 12, 2015 9:50 am
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Re: Death Star
No, you can build many bands of big plate satellites that orbit the star in "random" orbits and cover the whole surface in sum.
Partly true. A Dyson sphere can be described as a bunch of independant objects all in coordinated motion around a star. But it's not an orbit. There is no way to have objects in a synchronized spherical orbit; that's not how orbital motion works.Cha0zz wrote:Yes, but you can't think of a dyson sphere as one single object (the stress on something that big around an object with the gravity of a sun would be far to great, it would just shatter to pieces) but as a combination of smaller "panels" that each have an independent orbit around the star, their orbits are however calculated/ calibrated so that hey always stay at the same distance relative to each other
I realized an error: total internal reflection (assuming no loss) would result in infinite light pressure buildup. It's not a sail... it's a balloon (as long as the holes between sails are very small). It's the difference between keeping a tissue aloft with a fan and keeping a balloon inflated.MyrddinE wrote:Allowable weight, per square meter, is only 1.3 grams / m2.
That absolutely warms my heartCornflakes_91 wrote:Banned one and a half years ago.
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