Nevertheless, there's a short story from the SF golden age exactly featuring a satellite orbiting a few feet off the ground. Including perfectly drilled tunnels

Nevertheless, there's a short story from the SF golden age exactly featuring a satellite orbiting a few feet off the ground. Including perfectly drilled tunnels in the elevations ... Ah, here we go - "The Holes Around Mars" by Jerome Bixby: https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/143541/short-story-about-a-moon-of-mars-whose-orbit-is-only-a-few-feet-up https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/143541/short-story...