Honest, Science Fiction is a small part of my reading. But what I read is by good authors and intelligently speculative — except when strict adherence to scientific principles ruins a good plot..“That brings up the question of what to do about the more or less routine blasts of matter from the Sun on a sphere or ring. With enough energy from the sun and superconducting wires, one could rig a defense.”.I can’t help but think you’re being coy in not mentioning this as a major topic that runs through the RINGWORLD novels and is supposedly solved. .You might read, if you haven’t already, Pohl’s MINING THE OORT, in which a specialized corps of spacers capture comets to “terreform” Mars.
Honest, Science Fiction is a small part of my reading. But what I read is by good authors and intelligently speculative — except when strict adherence to scientific principles ruins a good plot..“That brings up the question of what to do about the more or less routine blasts of matter from the Sun on a sphere or ring. With enough energy from the sun and superconducting wires, one could rig a defense.”.I can’t help but think you’re being coy in not mentioning this as a major topic that runs through the RINGWORLD novels and is supposedly solved. .You might read, if you haven’t already, Pohl’s MINING THE OORT, in which a specialized corps of spacers capture comets to “terreform” Mars.