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Re:Earth-like planet spotted orbiting Sun’s closest star by lanstin on Friday February 11, 2022 @11:04AM (#30302996)
Hollow out the asteroid and spin it.
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Re:Earth-like planet spotted orbiting Sun’s closest star by edgyquant on Friday February 11, 2022 @05:48PM (#30307939)
This wouldn’t work, asteroids are like gravel there isn’t really anything to hollow out and even if you did when you spun it the asteroid would just shoot these rocks out in all directions.
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Re:Earth-like planet spotted orbiting Sun’s closest star by Tepix on Friday February 11, 2022 @12:04PM (#30303813)
That tech is decades in the future.
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Re:Earth-like planet spotted orbiting Sun’s closest star by ethbr0 on Friday February 11, 2022 @01:45PM (#30305412)
Is it? Assuming an asteroid of appropriate structural strength, it's just a question of time + propulsion. And acceleration adds up pretty quickly when you're in a vacuum and have all the time you want.
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