[ExI] Space Elevator (Going Down)

[Emlyn]

On 27/03/2008, Damien Broderick <thespike at satx.rr.com> wrote:
> At 11:03 AM 3/27/2008 +1030, Emlyn wrote:
>
> >Replace the old mudball with a bunch of free
> >floating habitats, plenty of room for all and sundry, and most of the
> >materials of the planet left to play with.
> >
> >You might not even need to blow it up much. Just crack it into a bunch
> >of smaller pieces, until none has enough gravity on its own to be a
> >nuisance.
>
> I think it'd stick itself back together after a while, as it did the
> first time. But without the volatiles maybe.
>
> Damien Broderick

Maybe you could spread the bits evenly throughout the orbital path?

I see that people think the main belt is pretty much just gathered
debris, but with some puzzling chemical composition. Would it make
more sense if you assumed it had been mined for something in the past?

-- 
Emlyn

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