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Thread #99648   Message #1988312
Posted By: beardedbruce
06-Mar-07 - 12:27 PM
Thread Name: BS: What is it worth? (the earth, that is)
Subject: RE: BS: What is it worth? (the earth, that is)
Tsk, tsk.

You should be well aware that the surface area of a ringworld as you have pictured would be greater than the surface of the Earth.

Check the surface area of a sphere the size of the earth ( including the atmosphere- if something hits that, it will still cause problems) vs the surface area of a cylinder the diameter of the earth's orbit. Pick some reasonable value for the width- your picture is probably not to scale.