▲ 468 ▼ Choose carefully (startrek.website) submitted 2 years ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website [M] to c/memes@lemmy.world 31 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (4 children) Hold up! Isn't a Dyson sphere pretty low maintenance once it's built? permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [+] Unforeseen@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 8 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* I doubt it. A structure like that would be an enourmous engineering project pummeled by solar radiation on the inside and space debris on the outside. permalink fedilink source parent [–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago I guess it would depend on the temperature resistance and how the power is transmitted. Even solar panels wear out, and the collection surfaces of a dyson sphere would be a lot higher temp. But with something that scale, I'd imagine it would be a ton of maintenance work even if was a tiny amount per area. permalink fedilink source parent [–] schema@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I mean wouldn't you still have to maintain the electrics of a sun sized surface? I guess you could use its own power for maintenance robots... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago All I know is that Picard's Enterprise found a long abandoned Dyson Sphere and it was still functional. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Unforeseen@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 8 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* I doubt it. A structure like that would be an enourmous engineering project pummeled by solar radiation on the inside and space debris on the outside. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago I guess it would depend on the temperature resistance and how the power is transmitted. Even solar panels wear out, and the collection surfaces of a dyson sphere would be a lot higher temp. But with something that scale, I'd imagine it would be a ton of maintenance work even if was a tiny amount per area. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] schema@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I mean wouldn't you still have to maintain the electrics of a sun sized surface? I guess you could use its own power for maintenance robots... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago All I know is that Picard's Enterprise found a long abandoned Dyson Sphere and it was still functional. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago All I know is that Picard's Enterprise found a long abandoned Dyson Sphere and it was still functional. permalink fedilink source parent