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Astronomers are on the Hunt for Dyson Spheres (www.universetoday.com)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Wouldn't a Dyson swarm be much easier to construct than either? Like a dyson sphere but a swarm of smaller collectors.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

A swam doesn't produce anywhere near the real estate though. So I guess it really depends entirely on why the megastructure was built, if it's only for energy extraction then yeah, a Dyson swarm makes the most sense. But if they also want to use it for habitation then it's not a really great idea. Sure you can spread space station's throughout the swarm, but then groups in space station A are always going to find it difficult to interact with groups in space station B, no matter how commonplace space travel is. It would be like intentionally building two cities on either side of a canyon, and saying it's okay because aircraft exist.