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[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Hold up! Isn't a Dyson sphere pretty low maintenance once it's built?

[–] Unforeseen@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago

Yeah it's a misconception, it's the Dyson swarm that's high maintenance

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I doubt it. A structure like that would be an enourmous engineering project pummeled by solar radiation on the inside and space debris on the outside.

[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

I guess it would depend on the temperature resistance and how the power is transmitted. Even solar panels wear out, and the collection surfaces of a dyson sphere would be a lot higher temp. But with something that scale, I'd imagine it would be a ton of maintenance work even if was a tiny amount per area.

[–] schema@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I mean wouldn't you still have to maintain the electrics of a sun sized surface? I guess you could use its own power for maintenance robots...

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

All I know is that Picard's Enterprise found a long abandoned Dyson Sphere and it was still functional.