- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
First Problem:
Actually, there is a way of using a ring to create gravity. Wouldn't the centrifugal force of a ring's rotation (In halo it obviously rotates, you can tell whenever it shows the ring) cause a pull towards the inner areas of the ring. For example, swing a bucket filled with water around in a circle. The water stays in the bucket, right? The motion of the bucket around the center keeps the water in the bucket. I'm not sure how a constant rotation would be achieved, but it would probably work.
Second Problem:
The ring would need alot of reinforcing, sure, but who says the ring has to be built exactly to a video games specifications? We could make it 2000 feet thick. And remember, this is still 2000ftx2 miles of solid reinforced material. Most asteroids and meteors are usually pretty small, we havent had any dangerously large asteroids travelling close to earth recently, have we? Sure, they will still be pretty deadly but you have asteroid monitoring and repair crews handy.
Third problem:
Theres plenty of material in our system. Mars, the moon, earth's deep crust, you know.
Fourth:
Donations! lol... If you could convice the world of the benifits of a giant ring in orbit around the earth, I think you could get the money for it. How bout 50 bucks from every person in the world who could pay? That would get you $3,250,000,000 aproximately... You just need a really good advertising company :-P
[Edited on 7/8/2006]