Interesting question...
Mercury doesn't really have much in the way of sights to see unless you're an astronomer or a geologist. Yeah, you get a great view of the sun, but that view'll kill you stone dead in two seconds. Not worth the trip.
The Crystal Cities (the airborne ones at least - the surface as of 2012 is still Too Damn Hot to build on) would have the facilities but not much interest - the atmosphere is kinda pretty on some days, and the Senshi make for interesting eyecandy, but it's all pretty workmanlike and will be until after the Big Spin and the surface cools to the point where they can really start building Crystal Tokyo.
Mars... I see Mars as the big tourist attraction in Fenspace. There's the historic Viking/Pathfinder/MER landing sites, the ever-popular Face On Mars (actual face not provided), big impressive geography like Olympus Mons and Mariner Valley. Fan places of note being the twin towers of Helium, the Trekkie shipyards at Utopia Planitia, etc.
Phobos and Deimos, being nice large asteroids hollowed out to support the terraforming project, have plenty of facilities for tourism. After all, Phobos can host a Convention, so it's easily set up for tourists.
Need to think about this some more, maybe do a map. (argh, graphics geek rears his ugly head again!)
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Mercury doesn't really have much in the way of sights to see unless you're an astronomer or a geologist. Yeah, you get a great view of the sun, but that view'll kill you stone dead in two seconds. Not worth the trip.
The Crystal Cities (the airborne ones at least - the surface as of 2012 is still Too Damn Hot to build on) would have the facilities but not much interest - the atmosphere is kinda pretty on some days, and the Senshi make for interesting eyecandy, but it's all pretty workmanlike and will be until after the Big Spin and the surface cools to the point where they can really start building Crystal Tokyo.
Mars... I see Mars as the big tourist attraction in Fenspace. There's the historic Viking/Pathfinder/MER landing sites, the ever-popular Face On Mars (actual face not provided), big impressive geography like Olympus Mons and Mariner Valley. Fan places of note being the twin towers of Helium, the Trekkie shipyards at Utopia Planitia, etc.
Phobos and Deimos, being nice large asteroids hollowed out to support the terraforming project, have plenty of facilities for tourism. After all, Phobos can host a Convention, so it's easily set up for tourists.
Need to think about this some more, maybe do a map. (argh, graphics geek rears his ugly head again!)
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Mr. Fnord
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http://www.jihad.net/
Mr. Fnord interdimensional man of mystery
FenWiki - Your One-Stop Shop for Fenspace Information
"I. Drink. Your. NERDRAGE!"