Re: [Sci.nanotech] Re: Terraforming Saturn?



Progress City <progresscity@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
Why couldn't the shell be supported by Saturn's hydrogen atmosphere?

Try the calculation. You need to remember that PV = nRT, and you need
to estimate the mass of your shell.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_nine_(Tensegrity_sphere)

Build a web of these things that cover the planet. It could be
hundreds of layers deep.

It doesn't matter if it is one or eighty layers deep, actually. You
can figure out what is supportable per unit area with PV=nRT.

(Technically, that equation only works when you're in the low pressure
domain, but for our purposes we're in the low pressure domain.)

Perry

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