Engineers like to think big. Some plan extremely big in order to take on projects like unlimited energy, room for a growing population, or settlements in outer space. Take, for example, Larry Niven's concept called Ringworld.
This is just one of the megastructures you'll see at Dark Roasted Blend. Link
(Image credit: Stephan Martiniere)
The idea of rather simple: take most of the planets in the solar system, chew them up, and then turn them into a ring as long as Earth's orbit, as wide as the planet, with 1000 mile high edges to keep the air in. A Ringworld would certainly give you lots of extra space – something on the order of three million earths – and, like Globus Cassus, it would be spun to make fake gravity. You could even make parts of it higher off the surface if you like your air a bit thinner, and if missed days and nights then you could put a row of black squares in an inner orbit to cast shadows.
This is just one of the megastructures you'll see at Dark Roasted Blend. Link
(Image credit: Stephan Martiniere)
i mean, i'm all for mega structures and thinking big
but i hate when people think that the jump from solar system to galaxy is a clean ramp and not a ridiculous escalation
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