04-10-2021, 06:49 AM
How difficult would mining a red giant be? As it's pulsating, the material is expanding outward, so it already has momentum away from the core of the star. Wouldn't that make it easier?
Astronomers tell us the temperature of a red giant is some number like 3000K. But how much would difference in temperature would there actually be, between the core and the outer atmosphere? How steep is the gradient between the atmospheric temperature and the temperature of particles in the interplanetary medium outside the star?
Its low density would mean it takes longer to gather a quantity of materials, but given their technology and longevity, would the low density be much of a problem?
Imagine something like a bishop ring existing near a red giant, so it periodically is engulfed by the outer atmosphere of the pulsating red giant, and the provolves inside the red giant have to prepare and adjust...
Astronomers tell us the temperature of a red giant is some number like 3000K. But how much would difference in temperature would there actually be, between the core and the outer atmosphere? How steep is the gradient between the atmospheric temperature and the temperature of particles in the interplanetary medium outside the star?
Its low density would mean it takes longer to gather a quantity of materials, but given their technology and longevity, would the low density be much of a problem?
Imagine something like a bishop ring existing near a red giant, so it periodically is engulfed by the outer atmosphere of the pulsating red giant, and the provolves inside the red giant have to prepare and adjust...