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Interestingly, rocky planet disassembly isn't horribly complicated and is a well solved problem. Just need large scale rail and satellite manufacturing. https:
by blamestross 4y ago
Interestingly, rocky planet disassembly isn't horribly complicated and is a well solved problem. Just need large scale rail and satellite manufacturing.
https://web.archive.org/web/20090616110337///www.aeiveos.com/~bradbury/MatrioshkaBrains/PlntDssmbly.html https://web.archive.org/web/20090616110337///www.aeiveos.com...
- poulpy123 4y ago"solved problem" I don't think this word means what you think it means
- oblio 4y agoI love this exchange. It's about what you'd call "hard SF" and one side calls their argument a "solved problem" :-)))
- blamestross 4y agoOnly requires more structures and geoengineering larger than humans have bever done before. We know how, and we know it doesn't require more than operating at higher scales of industry than ever before. Any interplanetary or kardishev 1+ venture makes those assumptions.