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

Well, another take on this is that it doesn't have to be a Niven-esque 
ringworld.  It could be like Halo - huge, but repacing a planet in orbit

around the sun, rather than being a ring defining the orbit.  In any
case, 
the one that you've built is awesome and should definitely be used in
your 
space games!

:)

John K. Lerchey
Assistant Director for Incident Response
Information Security Office
Carnegie Mellon University

On Mon, 20 Feb 2006, Andreas Udby wrote:

> 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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