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"The point sticks in your head: physics rules. Virtue does not triumph unless the physics allows it."
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These spaces, or devices, could be easily moved. They could be hung in places to take advantage of space or sunlight.
This approach can be contrasted with the use of large hydroponics farms, which have a more industrial flavor to them. The lifezones are themselves of a lifelike form, rather than looking like a factory.
Compare to the spaceship garden from The Heritage of the Earth (1932) by Harley S. Aldinger,
Martian sawgrass from QRM - Interplanetary (1942) by George O. Smith, the
asteroid garden from Asteroid of Fear (1951) by Raymond Z. Gallun,
bubbleworld from At the Bottom of a Hole (1966) by Larry Niven and the
lunar greenhouse tunnel from The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (1966) by Robert Heinlein. Comment/Join this discussion ( 1 ) | RSS/XML | Blog This | Additional
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'The area affected was five hundred kilometres across, and perfectly circular.'
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'And he had been sent with troops, supplies and bombs to command Russia's most trusted post, the Moonbase.'
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'What is your population', I asked. 'About eighty millions.'
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'THE autobus turned silently down the wide street of Hydropole. Robot-guided, insulated from noise and cold...'
Elon Musk Says Robotaxis Will Be Ready This August, 2024
'The car had no steering wheel, and no one drove!'
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