Re: "Real" ringworlds
sphereworlds: a how-to guide
A typical sphereworld is a solid shell, however without anti-grav everything falls into the sun. If you spin it then all the atmosphere moves to the equator and it bulges. You could cover the inside with solar cells and inhabit the outside.
Another aproach is to use a large network of orbiting platforms, like satalites. They dont have gravity and you would need a lot to completly block the sun complelely however. Also if one crashed then you would get a chain reaction.
My personal favourite would be to build a set of ringworlds, all at diffferent angles within each other.
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When a cat is dropped, it always lands on its feet, and when toast is dropped, it always lands with the buttered side facing down. I propose to strap buttered toast to the back of a cat. The two will hover, spinning inches above the ground. With a giant buttered cat array, I could conquer the world.
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