That's more-or-less the subject of a series of novels and stories by Stephen Baxter. Titles include The Ring, The Time Ships, Vacuum Diagrams (my favorite). Truly mind-stretching stuff, taking place over billions of years. Sci-fi on a REALLY big scale.
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That's more-or-less the subject of a series of novels and stories by Stephen Baxter. Titles include The Ring, The Time Ships, Vacuum Diagrams (my favorite). Truly mind-stretching stuff, taking place over billions of years. Sci-fi on a REALLY big scale.
I spent many years working in fiber optics. Bending-induced failure modes have been well known for decades.