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We understand the stresses and engineering for a ring, but building a BIOME like Elysium's is a harder problem. We'd have to simulate cyclical precipitation, which means we have to simulate regular jetstreams, which means we have simulate tidal forces ---assuming the orbital is tidally-locked or is in a Langrange parking orbit.
It's pretty interesting that the innards and environmentals of a orbital is actually less understood than extruding enough nanotube to build the ring.
It's pretty interesting that the innards and environmentals of a orbital is actually less understood than extruding enough nanotube to build the ring.
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