11-09-2020, 02:09 PM
On a note relating to the subject of the thread - an idea:
Imaging a set of habs orbiting a star or planet - or maybe in a cluster in orbit around something or in a Lagrange point or the like - with a river flowing between them. The water could be flung from hab to hab by the centrifugal force of their spin or could be pumped systems internal or external to it. It could run thru the hub of each hab - so the habs are spinning around it. Or - in the 'flung from hab to hab' configuration, it could exit and re-enter as it travels from hab to hab via openings in their hulls. Airwall tech similar to what is used in Niven Clouds could retain an atmosphere and allow the 'river' to host an internal ecology.
Thoughts?
Todd
Imaging a set of habs orbiting a star or planet - or maybe in a cluster in orbit around something or in a Lagrange point or the like - with a river flowing between them. The water could be flung from hab to hab by the centrifugal force of their spin or could be pumped systems internal or external to it. It could run thru the hub of each hab - so the habs are spinning around it. Or - in the 'flung from hab to hab' configuration, it could exit and re-enter as it travels from hab to hab via openings in their hulls. Airwall tech similar to what is used in Niven Clouds could retain an atmosphere and allow the 'river' to host an internal ecology.
Thoughts?
Todd