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If you have the infrastructure to build an orbital ring, you have the infrastructure to keep it supplied too
by piombisallow 2y ago
If you have the infrastructure to build an orbital ring, you have the infrastructure to keep it supplied too
- pantalaimon 2y agoThere is some SciFi story about civilization collapsing and the survivors worrying that the sky will fall on them hidden in there.
- dyauspitr 2y agoGotta make the individual pieces small enough to mostly burn up completely on rentry.
- jaggederest 2y agoTerm of art for this is "design for demise", i.e. make everything of pieces small enough and materials ablative enough that there's less than 1 in 10k chance that any debris will survive to the surface. https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Engineering_Technology/CDF/Design_For_Demise_A_First_Look https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Engineering_Techn...
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- jvm___ 2y agoPlanned obsolescence but in a good way.
- Vecr 2y agoAlready exists, Chasm City by Alastair Reynolds. They absolutely trash orbit by planning very badly and over-packing habitats.