Space Elevator Redux

[Adam L. Beberg]

On Sat, 15 Jun 2002, Eugen Leitl wrote:

> Why limiting yourself to just planet-scale? What was the surface of the
> sphere few lightminutes radius again?

Dyson Sphere FAQ... http://www.d.kth.se/~nv91-asa/dysonFAQ.html
Like all things, he didnt come up with the idea first.

> Given a 50% yield, how much spaceborne rock do you need to build above
> structure? (Do the math, you'll be surprised. At 100% yield a km^3 of
> volume is 10^6 km^2 surface at that thickness, a square 1000 km by the
> side.

"A Dyson sphere in the solar system, with a radius of one AU would have a
surface area of at least 2.72e17 km^2, around 600 million times the surface
area of the Earth."

... you only need 11 more orders of magnitude ;)

- Adam L. "Duncan" Beberg
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