Re: Re: [GZG] A scratchbuilt Ringworld/Halo

Yeah, well, considering the construction in the novel had a diameter of
2 AU's and a width of 997,000 miles, doing a proportional one would have
consisted of just making a hoop of 1mm thick wire around a yellow marble
and calling it a day!  I was just aiming for something that looked cool
on the table.  And I know my son can't wait to fly a ship through the
middle of the thing...

Thanks,
Andreas

> > Cool, it's a baby Ringworld! (given the supposed scale of the
> > original, and the supposed scale of FT ships, that is!)
> Well, considering that we don't put suns and planets in the
> correct scale on the table either it should be ok:-)

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