@[email protected] to [email protected] • 2 years agoOn a low gravity planet, would it make more sense to build habitat domes or habitat sky-scrapers?message-square42fedilinkarrow-up1138arrow-down12
arrow-up1136arrow-down1message-squareOn a low gravity planet, would it make more sense to build habitat domes or habitat sky-scrapers?@[email protected] to [email protected] • 2 years agomessage-square42fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish11•2 years agoYou could do what they do in The Expanse. Spin the planet fast enough that you have artificial gravity, and build upside-down housing as you now fall away from the center.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoWouldn’t that also make the surface gravity negative and rip the planet apart?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoYeah, probably? I haven’t read the books, but I guess they have explanations of how they strengthen it.
You could do what they do in The Expanse. Spin the planet fast enough that you have artificial gravity, and build upside-down housing as you now fall away from the center.
Wouldn’t that also make the surface gravity negative and rip the planet apart?
Yeah, probably? I haven’t read the books, but I guess they have explanations of how they strengthen it.