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Re: OT: Larry Niven's Ringworld...
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Shawn Gordon <[log in to unmask]>
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Shawn Gordon <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 23 Sep 2004 13:44:01 -0700
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At 01:11 PM 9/23/2004, Wirt Atmar wrote:
>Art asks:
>
> > No Politics at all :)   Just a quick thot/question since there is a new
> > Ringworld book out ... "Ringworld's Children"
> >
> > Is a Ring World a possiblity?  Are Dyson Spheres possible?

there is the first problem of generating enough super strong material to
cover the required space.  I always found the ringworld a fascinating
variation on the dyson sphere.


>Yes.
>
>But that's an altogether different answer than easy.
>
>Wirt Atmar
>
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