11-25-2009, 01:32 AM
(11-25-2009, 12:17 AM)Sean3 link Wrote: Pretty interesting, but i believe the things that'll be changed in Earth would be the climate. also i wonder, in space we tend to float freely, but once you get closer to earth, gravity pulls you. imagine that thing being pulled into earth by gravity lol wow
For that to happen the ring would have to decrease in area, resulting in an increase in mass. Which would put it under pressure, I don't think the Earth's gravity is strong enough to over come the pressure and mass-to-area ratio which would be required.