Dome, Dome on the Range

Jeff Wilson · 14 Jan 2011, 00:15 · from 2011-January.txt.gz

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From: jwilson at io.com (Jeff Wilson)
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 18:15:43 -0600
Subject: (urth) Dome, Dome on the Range
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On 1/13/2011 5:01 PM, David Stockhoff wrote:
>
>
> On 1/13/2011 5:47 PM, Jeff Wilson wrote:
>> On 1/13/2011 12:56 PM, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes wrote:
>>
>>> I get the impression that it was done
>>> in the galaxy-spanning days.
>>
>> It doesn't seem to be to be worth doing when you have zillions of
>> already suitable planets within personal traveling distance, nor is it
>> fancy enough to be a galactic emperor's plaything or prestige item. If
>> you are effectively confined to the solar system, the moon is handy
>> and you need the Helium-3 miners to live close enough to operate the
>> machinery without light-lag.
>>
> So why not /before /the galaxy-spanning days?

That's what I'm getting at, it was probably way, way before galaxy 
spanning days- but late enough that space travel had become commonplace 
and space travelers like Purn would be anonymous.

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Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com
Computational Intelligence Laboratory - Texas A&M Texarkana
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