If a giant ring was built on mile high supports around the earth at the equator and the supports were simultaneously destroyed, would the ring just float there?
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Suppose a train track sat on top of that ring. Upon that train track a train so long, it attaches to itself. The train moves forward, and the ring moves in the opposite direction. On the inside of the ring, there is another train of equal mass to the one on top. It drives in the opposite direction. If both trains were started at the same time, the ring would pretty much remain still. Imagine each of those trains had train tracks attached to to them. Another train riding another train, riding another train, all the way down until the series of trains are touching the earth. The train closest to the earth is traveling thousands of miles per hour, until it finally contacts the surface. Wouldn't that be cool?
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If it was made of a sufficiently strong material, possibly. The problem would come from tidal gravitational forces. Gravity isn't constant all across the earth, so it would probably end up hula-hooping around the equator of the earth. Whilst doing this it would probably destroy everything on the face of the earth by smashing through the crust and triggering massive earthquakes and releasing massive amounts of magma. Not a cheery thought, but when you think about it if the hoop didn't fall apart, this would probably happen.
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When the supports collapse the ring would form a perfect belt for my mother in law.
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No it wouldn't. One part of the ring would become closer to the surface and the ring would begin to swing around the earth like a hula hoop around a 12 yr old girl. It would keep crushing us around the equator which would eventually give our planet a waist as opposed to the apple shape we have at the moment. This would make us much more attractive to other planets and we would be approached more often. Hope it's not Mars though, because that guy is a douche
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For some reason, while reading the title, i came to the assumption that the ring would also be on fire.
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Yes, but it would all go to shit once the Covenant arrived.
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"Earth isn't the only source of gravitational pull, though. It'd be effected by the sun, the moon, etc. So, it wouldn't just "float" there. "
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Microsoft made an interactive documentary about this idea a few years ago. I think that it was called Halo. And no it does not end well.
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