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You could have the facility move constantly to keep the facility straddled across the sunlight line. At the equator, this would require constantly moving at ab
by MereInterest 7y ago
You could have the facility move constantly to keep the facility straddled across the sunlight line. At the equator, this would require constantly moving at about 7 mph, though you could reduce the speed necessary by moving to higher latitudes.
- gbrown 7y agoYeah but if you break down...
- greglindahl 7y agoLike in the scifi books?
- foota 7y agoReminds me of the book Absolution Gap
- akozak 7y agoAppears in 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson.
- SECProto 7y agoOr another scifi novel, West of January by Dave Duncan.
- madaxe_again 7y agoTo add to the vein of sci-fi novels using this idea: Inverted World by Christopher Priest. Well, similar concept but weirdified in the 1970’s fashion.
- pcnix 7y agoAlso appears in Asimov's classic "I, Robot" collection, as a Powell and Donovan story called "Runaround"[1]. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runaround_(story) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runaround_(story)