Recent content by ecortez

I threw out the spin idea because the physics are relatively straightforward, although (to address the issue you raised) energy requirements are in the 10¹⁵-10¹⁷ W range if I remember correctly. Not Kardashev Level II territory, but a significant amount nonetheless. It's also possible the two...

I know this is an old post, but the excellent colonization target Teegarden could be settled using an interesting strategy - moving b and c into mutual orbit, creating a binary planet system. Imagine the Earth-moon system if the moon were a second Earth. In this case the two planets tidally lock...