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Love the tunnels and boring. How good would it be to live in an entire city carved and sculpted into canyons so large they make earths look pathetic. I think y
by robbiep 9y ago
Love the tunnels and boring. How good would it be to live in an entire city carved and sculpted into canyons so large they make earths look pathetic.
I think your economic analysis is really overcooking it... we are talking about some wild shit here, we can't even begin to imagine what the system they will create will look like. Although I hope it's like something from the mars trilogy.
This is going to be an entirely science and technology focused outpost of society. Basically cut off from the baggage of earth because of the distance. Initially currency is going to be proper basic units. Maybe energy, hydrogen, oxygen, essentials. And it's going to be an innovation centre because of necessity. Once that place half scales it's going to be outrageous.
- thwarted 9y agoHow good would it be to live in an entire city carved and sculpted into canyons so large they make earths look pathetic. Ben Bova's "Welcome to Moon Base" has a lot of content and estimates on this, although not at that scale. It's specific to the moon, so things like low-gravity self-powered flight might not make it into the recreation possibilities of Mars, but as for living underground in huge vaults made of the regolith, it makes an interesting case. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1005249.Welcome_to_Moon_Base http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1005249.Welcome_to_Moon_B...