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The biggest expense was installing the mantle ducts to keep the carbonate-silicate cycle operating.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

After a certain point, the material around the bolt is more brittle than the bolt itself.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Often is, but you can alleviate this with large washers like in the picture, and also by adding more bolts closer to eachothers

[–] usualsuspect191 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think double-sided tape would be better. Or maybe we sew the plates together?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Drill holes and zip tie the tectonic plates together

[–] usualsuspect191 4 points 1 month ago

Tectonic drift stitches. We'd have so much street cred in the galactic neighbourhood

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Would you say tectonic plates are more like wood or metal? There are different standards for both.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

I'd think they're more like cookies, but idk I'm not really a geologist 😅

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Too many bolts too close and you’ve just got a perforation.