Comments on: Earth’s Dyson Ring? http://thespacewriter.com/wp/2009/03/03/earths-dyson-ring/ It's about astronomy and space science and everything they touch. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:39:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Astronomy Link List http://thespacewriter.com/wp/2009/03/03/earths-dyson-ring/comment-page-1/#comment-1576 Astronomy Link List Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:56:19 +0000 http://thespacewriter.com/wp/?p=2682#comment-1576 This article has been added to the Astronomy Link List. This article has been added to the Astronomy Link List.

]]> By: ccp http://thespacewriter.com/wp/2009/03/03/earths-dyson-ring/comment-page-1/#comment-1575 ccp Wed, 04 Mar 2009 03:41:28 +0000 http://thespacewriter.com/wp/?p=2682#comment-1575 Yes, you are right about Stapledon's first concept of the sphere. I think that concept of the ring is what I first thought of when I saw the ESA image. Yes, you are right about Stapledon’s first concept of the sphere. I think that concept of the ring is what I first thought of when I saw the ESA image.

]]> By: changcho http://thespacewriter.com/wp/2009/03/03/earths-dyson-ring/comment-page-1/#comment-1574 changcho Wed, 04 Mar 2009 03:33:04 +0000 http://thespacewriter.com/wp/?p=2682#comment-1574 The concept of the Dyson sphere was thought of first by Olaf Stapledon (as Dyson freely admits) in his "Starmaker" story (http://books.google.com/books?id=e2ah-AYb_MAC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Starmaker). Interestingly enough, in the story itself Stapledon writes about a ring of material to capture sunlight, not a sphere. As far as the geostationary arc goes, if you work it out there's on average of 1 satellite per degree of longitude, but the density is not uniform (higher over the US than over the Pacific ocean for example). Right now, <a href="http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0902/26landlaunch/" rel="nofollow"> I'm trying to increase the density of that ring </a>. The concept of the Dyson sphere was thought of first by Olaf Stapledon (as Dyson freely admits) in his “Starmaker” story (http://books.google.com/books?id=e2ah-AYb_MAC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Starmaker). Interestingly enough, in the story itself Stapledon writes about a ring of material to capture sunlight, not a sphere.

As far as the geostationary arc goes, if you work it out there’s on average of 1 satellite per degree of longitude, but the density is not uniform (higher over the US than over the Pacific ocean for example). Right now, I’m trying to increase the density of that ring .

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