[Discussion] Laying out Luna

[robkelk]

I dunno, it seems like a lot for a pretty small space, and all that construction would really screw with the amount of light hitting the crater floor, not very good for any floor-level terraforming.

You answered that concern in the same post...

(The *really* impressive thing about the Kandor dome's life support system, the subtle mechanisms that give the city a proper 24 hour day/night cycle in the midst of a four week lunar day, are much like the similar systems operating at the Zeta Cygni Dyson Sphere; a technological miracle, the subject of much discussion in technical circles, and not up for further elaboration.

If the dome can be lit that way, so can the underside of the platforms supporting the buildings. At worst, use light pipes to route the light around the buildings and under the lowest layer of structures.

 
 
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