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Re:Space Colony Art from the 1970s by yreg on Sunday February 10, 2019 @07:14PM (#19131066)
You don't want rings, you want O'Neill cylinders.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O%27Neill_cylinder

Re:Space Colony Art from the 1970s by Pharmakon on Sunday February 10, 2019 @07:52PM (#19131260)
I really, really do. I’d also like a side of Dyson Swarms, hold the butter. Seriously, how amazing would an O’Neill cylinder be? People live inside, and outside you’d have industries using the vacuum to do things that would cost a fortune on Earth.

Just a teensy little upfront investment is required, but with SpaceX it might not be so crazy someday soon. If the cost per kilo into orbit drops enough, a lot of sci-fi could become real; not the Dyson swarm, but orbital habitats and industries sure could.

Re:Space Colony Art from the 1970s by ACow_Adonis on Sunday February 10, 2019 @11:43PM (#19132126)
Arthur C Clarke and 'Rendezvous with Rama' seems suspiciously absent from discussion about "O'Niell" cylinders :P