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I think it was in Kim Stanley Robinson's "Mars" universe that they colonize Mercury by making an equatorial train, that's pushed along by the thermal expansion
by RangerScience 7y ago
I think it was in Kim Stanley Robinson's "Mars" universe that they colonize Mercury by making an equatorial train, that's pushed along by the thermal expansion of the tracks. Always struck me as nifty, if kinda silly, when you could do the polar thing like you're suggesting.
- BLKNSLVR 7y agoThat was in the novel 2312. Highly recommended for the scope of ideas, however far fetched they're presented well. I'm currently struggling 200 pages into Blue Mars. Great series though (I'm struggling with it due to life getting in the way, as opposed to it becoming a grind - although there's a bit of that too, but it's three 700-odd page novels...)
- p_l 7y agoThere was a visit to Mercury colony close to Blue Mars epilogue (this is not much of a spoiler).