[TML] Environmental domes

[domhanai at juno.com]

Leonard Erickson (aka shadow) wrote:
 
>Oddly, there have been discussions of enclosing an entire planet in a 
>"shell" which while it requires tech we don't have is actually 
>*easier* as far as stresses go, because all of the "dome" is at the 
>same altitude.

Are you refering to a "Dyson sphere" type of situation?
 
Cougashika - fun trumps tech

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