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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Sept 28, 2020 13:37:16 GMT
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Post by ronmiller on Sept 29, 2020 18:58:53 GMT
Glad you like them!
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Sept 29, 2020 20:38:59 GMT
Some amazing work there, a bit different than what many would expect until they think about it.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2020 4:56:33 GMT
Excellent images Ron.
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Post by ronmiller on Sept 30, 2020 12:19:50 GMT
Thanks, guys!
What was a very pleasant surprise was to see that the article included an extensive interview with Caleb Scharf. I had the great pleasure of collaborating with him on The Zoomable Universe.
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Sept 30, 2020 14:55:20 GMT
Ron,
Some beautiful work there. I was just glad I was paying attention while reading the article.
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Post by ronmiller on Sept 30, 2020 16:02:49 GMT
I'm glad, too!
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Post by tasmanianartist on Oct 2, 2020 4:10:32 GMT
Interesting concept - would make 'space hopping' easier (i.e. building a space station might be done differently), or would the ring(s) affect the atmosphere somehow? There would definitely be some sort of gravity effect. From a real estate perspective, it would definitely excite the likes of Elon Musk. Methinks he would already have staked some of the bits making up the rings.
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Post by BlueAndGold on Oct 2, 2020 11:30:39 GMT
He'll get Mars. Can't be too greedy!
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Post by ronmiller on Oct 3, 2020 13:03:03 GMT
Interesting concept - would make 'space hopping' easier (i.e. building a space station might be done differently), or would the ring(s) affect the atmosphere somehow? There would definitely be some sort of gravity effect. From a real estate perspective, it would definitely excite the likes of Elon Musk. Methinks he would already have staked some of the bits making up the rings. There would be no direct effect on the atmosphere since the inner edge of the rings would be far above the limits of the atmosphere. There might conceivably be an effect on weather, though, because of the cooling effect of the ring's shadow. Any gravitational effect would be pretty much nil. In the illustrations, I gave the earth a ring in the same proportions as Saturn's. The mass of all the material in Saturn's ring is equivalent to about 40% that of Mimas, one of Saturn's moons. Mimas in turn is about 2000 times smaller than our moon. So you can see how little material would be needed to make a Saturn-like ring around the earth: about 5000 times less mass than the moon. Even if this were to be in orbit near the earth as a small moon, it would have little effect...spread out in a ring it would have virtually none. The presence of a ring would make space travel tricker. We are already having difficulties due to all the debris in orbit now---not just active and inactive satellites, but dead boosters and all sorts of other junk. Eleventy squillion more bits and pieces would just make the problem even worse. Especially science equatorial launches---the most economical---would probably be out.
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