Quote: Cobalt Greywalker wrote:
Thoughts:
1) I really need to change the heights of certain things, specifically the dome and how big the Trinity Towers are (if it isn't better to remove them
anyway).
2) A depth of 1500m or more makes me want to put a geofront over the thing. (And that leads to removing the towers and sticking a massive pyramid like
this in there.)
3) Am I leaving enough space for food production?
I actually like the idea of the towers. Y'gotta remember that Posi A is only seven miles across. If we're gonna stick 350,000 people into a space seven
miles across *and* keep it green at the same time, density becomes the name of the game. Something like the Towers brings in plenty of space for people to live
& work without covering the entire crater with housing and commercial properties.
For the dome height, it depends on how dramatic you want it to be. It also depends on the correct depth of the crater (looking more closely at the USGS maps,
it looks like we were both wrong about the depth; the surveyors say it's 1120m, not 900, 1200 or 2020. Oy.) I could easily see cranking it up another
kilometer or so just for getting a bit more of the bell-jar effect.
As for the available open space, it's tight. But it was going to be tight short of doming over all of Posidonius or the whole of Mare Serenatis. If
you're really worried, we can move it over to one of the larger satellite craters in the area. Posi J maybe, or Daniell.
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OK, here's a thought. Multi-leveled city? In my minds eye I'm seeing some massive construction involved that is probably beyond even Handwavium's
ability (even in the massive quanities that would be necessary). It'd probably look COOL though.
Hm, not sure I follow here. Care to elaborate?
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