Earth-scale Dyson swarm in solar synchronous orbit will be built regardless of physics.

Earth-scale Dyson swarm in solar synchronous orbit will be built regardless of physics. | I I think for an Earthscale or Earth centered Dyson swarm in solar synchronous orbit SSO that looks like a a Saturn ring, I think we're probably going to build that regardless.

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I I think for an Earthscale or Earth centered Dyson swarm in solar synchronous orbit SSO that looks like a a Saturn ring, I think we're probably going to build that regardless.

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