Talk:Orbital ring

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The text does not mention that the ring needs to be almost 26,000 miles in circumference, so this is indeed mega engineering. Ccpoodle (talk) 14:38, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] 1963 mention

This conception seems to be first(?) proposed in 1963 novel "Черный столб" (The Black Column) by Евгений Войскунский and Исай Лукодьянов, where it was called "Кольцо Кравцова". In this novel the orbital ring appeared because of giant magma column erected itself from drilling hole, twisted around the Earth, and was cut out by a bomb. Alone Coder (talk) 06:26, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Unless it has the spokes, while it would be a ring around the Earth, it wouldn't be an orbital ring intended for orbital launch. It's also science fiction, whereas the article is about an actual engineering study.- (User) WolfKeeper (Talk) 17:43, 30 March 2008 (UTC)