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You might not even need the gas, just rotate them around the center and they're rigid.
by scrumper 9y ago
You might not even need the gas, just rotate them around the center and they're rigid.
- ChuckMcM 9y agoTrue, although that would limit which polarization options were available to you. I am also presuming that the inverse square law is helping here in that you would not need the kind of signal strength the antennae on Earth need to get through the ocean, rather just enough to create a Dragon sized bubble impenetrable to ionizing radiation at a distance of a couple of meters.
- astrodust 9y agoWhat if it gets clipped by something or exposure to the interstellar environment causes a thin wire to become more brittle? It's not really practical for a tiny craft.