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JupiterShell
Use asteroid and other material to build a shell around Jupiter | |
This shell would be engineered to exist at a distance from Jupiter so that the gravity generated from the mass of the shell combined with Jupiter's gravity would yield ~1g. If the sphere were completed, it would yield one huge world with the familiar 1g gravity to which we are accustomed. Then, to
provide energy and a return on the initial cost, gasses could be mined from Jupiter's atmosphere, possibly by extending pipes down from the shell.
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Did you do the math for the strength of the material? I didn't do the calculation, but it looks to me like this is a scheme smilar to the rotating rings (Larry Niven etc.) that require incredible strength. |
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Who would have the motivation to JupiterShell out all the money needed to create this thing? Anyone? Anyone? |
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I agree, Needa; the cost would be Astronomical. |
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It has an advantage over ringworlds etc. in that it wouldn't need to be rotating. |
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I have a better idea. You still get a shrimp though! |
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