04-08-2022, 11:43 AM
(04-07-2022, 06:52 PM)stevebowers Wrote: I'd expect that most Venus-like planets would be terraformed in this way, although that doesn't require that Venus is terraformed thus.
The problem I anticipate is that the edges of a floating continent would be badly affected by turbulence, so they would be largely uninhabitable and unavailable for most uses. Not a real deal-breaker, but annoying.
I would think that if you had the tech to create this kind of thing in the first place, designing the edges to minimize/eliminate turbulence wouldn't be much of a problem. Everything from 'sculpting' the shape of the edge to smooth out and/or channel turbulence to active anti-turbulence devices (engines to push back against turbulence, basically) to placing the whole structure at an altitude where there is very little turbulence all seem feasible.
Todd