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Old 05-29-2017, 12:10 PM   #3018
Canehdianman
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Originally Posted by pseudoreality View Post
The thing is Dyson's spheres would not be practical. Any slight nudge and the whole thing would destabilize and crash into the sun. A Dyson's swarm, on the other hand, might make sense.
Given the millions of other technological advances that would be required in order to make one, I'm not sure that would really be a limiting factor.

Something that harnesses the entire power of a star might be able to avoid destabilization.

I agree that a swarm or ring would be a lot easier to implement, but it would also not collect as much energy.
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