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This reminded me of Kim Stanley Robinson's "2312" and the idea of standing on Mercury in the narrow hospitable belt, looking at the sun, and experiencing solar
by radley 5y ago
This reminded me of Kim Stanley Robinson's "2312" and the idea of standing on Mercury in the narrow hospitable belt, looking at the sun, and experiencing solar rapture.
Apparent size of the sun from the planets
http://www.astronoo.com/en/children/sun-apparent-size.html http://www.astronoo.com/en/children/sun-apparent-size.html
- jefurii 5y agoThe journey to Mercury is even more impressive in his earlier book "The Memory Of Whiteness" where you also get fascinating meditations on the intersections of physics, metatheater, and music theory.
- 4wsn 5y agoWhat's solar rapture? Sounds like a Scientology ritual.
- Sharlin 5y agoIn "Blue Mars" they build a city on tracks on Mercury, always staying at the terminator as the planet slowly rotates under it.
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- addingnumbers 5y agoHopefully on the dusk terminator and not the dawn terminator? If a mechanical problem slows you down would we rather see it start getting colder, or hotter as we work on correcting it?
- radley 5y agoThe city is pushed by the natural expansion of the tracks due to heat.