I still take exception to placement of objects within the ring, unless
they are held in place by spoke wires made of monofilament. THese should
be numerous for redundancies sake.
One thing I'm interested in checking out is the possiblity of using
Raisch and Puthoff's ZPF theories to build virtual lenses in space,
which could be used out at distances like that described to focus large
volumes of solar flux to provide not only illumination for the ring, but
concentrated light for power needs. Such lenses would be of zero "true"
mass, merely warps in the time-space fabric that is the Zero Point Field
that act to bend the sunlight to the designers needs.
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