• Question: 3) do you think there is a way to convince the government to invest in a Dyson sphere?

    Asked by 737eneq35 to Oliver, Lesley, Leah, Hannah, Graeme, Aleks on 7 Mar 2019.
    • Photo: Graeme Burt

      Graeme Burt answered on 7 Mar 2019:

      Nope. Not a chance.We should probably get Fusion working on earth first before we start to harvest stars. They might invest in some of the basic R&D required but its very far off.

    • Photo: Hannah Griffin

      Hannah Griffin answered on 7 Mar 2019:

      No. Too theoretical and I think there are other things they should spend money on first.

    • Photo: Lesley Colquhoun

      Lesley Colquhoun answered on 12 Mar 2019:

      Woah! I have just had to google that myself!

      going to take Graeme and Hannah’s lead on that!

    • Photo: Leah Morgan

      Leah Morgan answered on 13 Mar 2019:

      Nooooo, to invest, the government needs ideas backed by solid research and, unfortunately, Dyson sphere are still too theoretical.
      Also, we’d either have to put one around our sun (and freeze to death as it blocks out all the light/heat) or around the 2nd closest star, Alpha Centauri (actually 3 stars which are really close together), which is about 4 light-years away. That means it would take 4 years to reach them if you were travelling at the speed of light!

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