Re: Colonizing a Neutron Star

On May 29, 9:47 pm, "Logan Kearsley" <chrono.sur...@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Trouble is, you have to prevent the strong magnetic field and nasty
radiation from killing whatever is inside the habitat or screwing with their
electronics. Radiation shielding I figure can be taken care of by suitable
amounts of water and/or deflecting magnetic fields, but the
potentially-enormous magnetic field of the neutron star which is providing
all of your electrical power is another matter. Cover the whole thing in
superconductors, maybe, to exclude magnetic fields?

While I doubt it's the case, I wonder if a civilization that can build
such a structure would have some kind of technology that just isn't
affected by magnetic fields. After all, we're talking a Kardashev
Type II civilization in this scenario by definition (granted the star
they're utilizing is a neutron star...).

Also, are you taking pulsars into account when you say "neutron
star"? Just curious.

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