Right, explaining stable orbits will definitely work. In any case, I think it would make everyone on Earth feel a lot less special if they can look to a place

Right, explaining stable orbits will definitely work. In any case, I think it would make everyone on Earth feel a lot less special if they can look to a place they can never go and see a mirror of themselves... I certainly would expect some manner of incorporation into religion, perhaps as an Eden if the development of religion followed a similar course. A place separate from ours that must be better and therefore the source of all our goods and ills. Thinking about what it would be like to be the first tourists to the other side...