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quettil t1_jdzcrro wrote

Reply to comment by MrZwink in Would building a Dyson sphere be worth it: We ran the numbers. by filosoful

> And we were talking Dyson sphere not swarm.

A Dyson sphere is a swarm. Sphere is a misnomer. It was always a swarm.

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MrZwink t1_jdzde4a wrote

Friedman Dyson proposed an actual sphere. But in practice the sphere would be very difficult to keep in orbit. A small imbalance and it would destabilize and fall into the sun.

Swarms are much more easily executable.

They are not the same thing.

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