Posted by: ollobrains
« on: November 14, 2012, 07:06:31 PM »Suns no super jovians should be opened up for mining though
Dyson spheres, in it's original concept, weren't solid shells, but flexible arrangements of satellites.
Which we could do today if we find enough resources, we just have no way yet to use that energy.
The smell should distract you from the heat
Schlock Mercenary has the "Buuthandi" I think they were called, essentially balloons "pressurized" by the solar wind, with structures "hanging" off the inside surface.
Also a bit off topic, but I don't see how a smeg going any speed is going to help you mine a star.
... attach it to a smeg going fast enough...I don't see how a smeg going any speed is going to help you mine a star.
"Dyson spheres, in it's original concept, weren't solid shells, but flexible arrangements of satellites.
Which we could do today if we find enough resources, we just have no way yet to use that energy.
Nuclear fusion happens mistly in the stars core, the suns surface, for example, is roughly 6k degrees hot, so if you can build a scoop long enough, say, 100m, and attach it to a smeg going fast enough to avoid being pulled in, or just ignore gravity like TN ships do, it should be reasonably possible to mine potential fuel from stars.