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Q&A Giant Planetary Ring Bases, are they feasible?

Giant Planetary Ring Bases (or GPRB's) are space stations built on planetary rings or are artificial rings themselves, such as Starship Troopers' Luna Base But are these super stations feasible?...

4 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Uncle Tres‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Uncle Tres‭

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Q&A Could modern structural engineer be useful to medieval Master Mason?

I'm creating a world opposite of Les Visiteurs, where modern age structural engineer accidentally time travels to 13th century. When guards of the local lord arrest him on suspicion of being a spy,...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Arturo‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Arturo‭

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Q&A What would be the most-optimal location for the Lunar Radiotelescope?

In a story of mine mankind has established a permanent base on the earthward-side of the Moon complete with a beanstalk dangling into Earth-Luna-L1 for easy transport of material off Luna. Getting...

4 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by dot_Sp0T‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by dot_Sp0T‭

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Q&A Suspension Vs. Cantilever--Which Bridge Will Stand Strong?

Our most iconic bridges can be categorized in two basic types: Suspension... ...and cantiliever. Here is the scenario in question: There is a straightforward (as in radiating out in cardina...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by JohnWDailey‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by JohnWDailey‭

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Q&A Building materials on Europa

What would colonists building a base on Europa use for building materials? I am interested in habitats in three locations: on or just under the surface bolted onto the underside of the ice sheet...

4 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Innovine‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Innovine‭

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Q&A How to build a tower that reaches dozens of miles into space

in the recent Star Wars: The Old Republic expansion Knights of the Fallen Empire, the planet of Zakuul, seat of the Eternal Empire, has a number of buildings that are so big that they're clearly vi...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Nzall‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Nzall‭

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Q&A Orbital construction: How to get around some of its problems?

Orbital construction facilities have a great many advantages over ground based ones: You can use materials from space without having to drag them up the gravity well, you can make vessels that don'...

3 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Joe Bloggs‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Joe Bloggs‭

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Q&A Without taxes, who pays for roads/highways?

In a country where the government does not collect taxes, who pays for roads/highways? A little background on the government (it's a work in progress): This government's single purpose is to elim...

7 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Programmer‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Programmer‭

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Q&A How deep underground should a data center on Earth's moon be, to be comparably safe to one on Earth?

The singularity has occurred and it wants an off-site backup. How deep should we all bury the lunar datacenter to be comfortably safe from radiation, cosmic rays, etc., while not causing cave-ins ...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Sam Washburn‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Sam Washburn‭

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Q&A Expanding occupied underground habitations safely?

I have a colony of humans living underground in man-made catacombs on another planet. They are, essentially, digging/blasting as they go; they did not create a complete underground city first and ...

4 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A Brick and Mortar in Space

If there's one thing that solid celestial bodies have, it's dust. Dust plus water is mud. Mud plus heat is brick (and recoverable water vapor). The heat can come from a reflective solar array. Easy...

1 answer  ·  posted 8y ago by master_gibber‭

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Q&A What are the design considerations for my underwater settlement?

I have made my billions here in the present day, and I'd like to have a permanent underwater settlement. It is about as useless as the Mars One mission (yes, I went there), but some people may c...

7 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Mikey‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Mikey‭

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Q&A Lighter-Than-Air-Bridge II: Tethered Gondolas

Would something like this be feasible? Span of bridge is approximately 5km. Height above canyon floor is approximately 800 meters (1/2 mile). Bridge structurally close to neutral. Tethered dirigi...

1 answer  ·  posted 9y ago by clarkland‭  ·  last activity 9y ago by clarkland‭

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Q&A How would structures be built differently in a world populated by diminutive humanoids?

If I have a world where all races are one-foot-tall versions of their typical fantasy counterparts, what would be the most obvious ways this would affect the building style of these cultures? Would...

3 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Uli Troyo‭  ·  last activity 9y ago by Uli Troyo‭

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Q&A What types of atmospheric disruption (and other issues) would my skyhook make?

In this question: Where to Anchor My Space Elevator We get a new material: Thanks to the recent discovery of handwavium filaments that can in principle be extruded to any length, we will be ...

1 answer  ·  posted 9y ago by user3082‭  ·  last activity 9y ago by user3082‭