From: Anders Sandberg (nv91-asa@nada.kth.se)
Date: Sat Jan 04 1997 - 15:57:52 MST
On Wed, 1 Jan 1997, Damien Broderick wrote:
> `Oddly enough, no. There's energy loss, but it only raises the temperature
> of the projectile rings by 40 degrees. That's dissipated on their return
> trip from space.'
Hmm, how do you calculate the energy losses? I'm quite curious about using
the orbital tower model for another application, holding up parts of
Jupiter brains...
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