Adapted for the Internet from: Why God Doesn't Exist |
What if we could travel at c ? |
Fig. 1 Rotating Torus |
Hip, hip, hooray! Folks, we're finally on our way to Alpha C. in our state-of-the-art torus! Let's hear it for the politicians on Earth who finally mustered the will and provided the funds to get us out of that hell! I am convinced that if we all pray from our hearts, we will find a suitable planet over there and, who knows? Maybe in a couple of hundred years, we'll be exporting bananas and peanuts to Earth. |
The torus is designed to house 10,000 people, who live around half the wheel. The other half is allocated to food pro- duction. The torus rotates to generate artificial gravity, so feet and plant roots point radially towards space. Elevators running along the spokes take people to the hub (where there is no gravity). This is the arrival point for travelers (i.e., the airport). |
I think I better begin terraforming Mars for my favorite creation. The Earth is simply getting too crowded |
Ummmh, Captain Al? We were so worried about weightlessness and losing calcium and getting our gear together that some things fell through the cracks. Uummhh, Lieutenant Newt believes that we left the seeds on Earth. |
We're almost there folks! That's Proxima Centauri on the right, and we are very lucky. There seems to be one habitable planet. Thank God! So everybody, listen up. Get your shovels and plows ready. We got a lot of work to do and ... what Bill? |