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... Avallon will have one feature that Asgard lacks : an adjustable layer of Polaroid film . By changing the membrane from clear to dark and back again , a natural day - night cycle will be created inside the ecosphere . With the same ...
... Avallon will have one feature that Asgard lacks : an adjustable layer of Polaroid film . By changing the membrane from clear to dark and back again , a natural day - night cycle will be created inside the ecosphere . With the same ...
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... Avallon . The main difference between the two structures will be the height of the towers in Avallon . Gravity on the Moon is only one sixth of that on Earth , allowing us to erect towering , spires of breath taking dimensions . Each ...
... Avallon . The main difference between the two structures will be the height of the towers in Avallon . Gravity on the Moon is only one sixth of that on Earth , allowing us to erect towering , spires of breath taking dimensions . Each ...
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... Avallon too will be something spectacular . In the low gravity , trees can grow to Brobdingnagian proportions . An oak tree on Earth can achieve a height of 33 meters ( 110 feet ) and a trunk diameter of more than a meter . On the Moon ...
... Avallon too will be something spectacular . In the low gravity , trees can grow to Brobdingnagian proportions . An oak tree on Earth can achieve a height of 33 meters ( 110 feet ) and a trunk diameter of more than a meter . On the Moon ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 15 |
AQUARIUS Space Colony at Sea | 21 |
Malthusian Blues 22 Healing Gaia 25 CO2 Sponge | 28 |
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The Millennial Project: Colonizing the Galaxy in Eight Easy Steps Marshall Thomas Savage No preview available - 1992 |
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