Sorry for the misunderstanding

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Sorry for the misunderstanding

Adam — 12/31/2006 11:00:23 AM (archived)

Hi Nick

I did know that was Dyson's original vision of the "Shell" though I didn't realise he called it a "Shell" and not a Cloud. I suspect Adrian Berry is chief suspect for popularising the rigid Shell concept in his "The Next Ten Thousand Years".

I found an animation of complex, but stable multi-body orbits which would be ideal for a Dyson Cloud, but for the life of me I can't remember the web-page.

Adam

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Humans could be too frail for Mars - Raoul - 12/30/2006 8:43:40 PM
- re: Humans could be to frail for Moon - Chris Vancil back at home - 12/31/2006 5:31:56 AM
  - re: re:The time problem about Mars - Raoul - 12/31/2006 9:21:38 AM
    - re: No the medical/radiation problems also exist for the Moon. - Chris Vancil - 12/31/2006 6:32:44 PM
      - Well, maybe THAT is the role of the Moon? - nick hoffman - 1/1/2007 3:14:38 AM
        
        re: Nope - Chris Vancil - 1/3/2007 8:45:59 AM
        
        re: Well, maybe THAT is the role of the Moon? - gbaikie - 1/1/2007 7:34:58 AM
  - Humans are too frail for the Earth - nick hoffman - 12/31/2006 6:31:12 AM
    - re: Humans are too frail for the Earth - Chris Vancil - 12/31/2006 6:48:42 PM
    - Humans too complex to survive. However, there is hope. - Bowser - 12/31/2006 3:41:53 PM
- All workable problems. - TB - 12/30/2006 10:10:01 PM
- The logistics seem impossible. - Bowser - 12/30/2006 9:23:55 PM
  - It's not either/or - Buck Galaxy - 1/1/2007 1:07:09 AM
    - Underground would work for radiation. - Bowser - 1/2/2007 8:52:47 PM
      - Yet people live in the arctic circle, and by choice. (n/t) - alcaray - 1/3/2007 7:32:49 PM
  - Two other solutions that would still get us into space - LJK - 12/30/2006 9:43:13 PM
    - re: Too altered humans - Raoul - 12/31/2006 9:28:04 AM
      - Do you miss being an Australopithecus? - LJK - 12/31/2006 7:05:57 PM
        
        An Australopithecus would not want to become like us! - Raoul - 12/31/2006 8:21:32 PM
        
        Of Course Not - M.A.E. - 1/1/2007 11:38:12 PM
        
        re:What is "To evolve?" - Raoul - 1/2/2007 6:40:02 AM
        
        re: re:What is "To evolve?" - nick hoffman - 1/2/2007 1:07:57 PM
        
        Great Answer - M.A.E. - 1/3/2007 5:01:30 PM
        
        re: An Australopithecus would not want to become like us! - LJK - 12/31/2006 9:37:24 PM
        
        re: An Australopithecus would not want to become like us! - Raoul - 12/31/2006 10:39:24 PM
    - Shell or cloud? - Adam - 12/30/2006 10:27:40 PM
      - A classical Dyson "shell" IS a cloud - nick hoffman - 12/31/2006 1:26:12 AM
        
        Sorry for the misunderstanding - Adam - 12/31/2006 11:00:23 AM

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