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Staph

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6. I have been on a rereading kick lately,

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sat Jul 30, 2022, 02:26 PM

Jul 2022

and I reread Robert Heinlein's The Past Through Tomorrow, a series of short stories from the 1930s through the 1950s that covers an alternate history.

In the stories that take place on the moon, Heinlein has the main habitation in lava tubes and lava bubbles, with additional living space dug below and to the sides of those tubes.

It's amazing what possibilities that he saw in the future!

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Lava Tubes on the Moon Maintain Comfortable Room Temperatures Inside [View all] Judi Lynn Jul 2022 OP

I tried to get one... Effete Snob Jul 2022 #1

LOL!!! Maybe you can visit when they go Air BNB... Wounded Bear Jul 2022 #2

Well, if they maintain a comfortable room temperature... Effete Snob Jul 2022 #3

I would prefer to keep this planet habitable SCantiGOP Jul 2022 #4

Exactly. brush Jul 2022 #5

I have been on a rereading kick lately, Staph Jul 2022 #6

The temperature sounds ideal but the pesky oxygen situation might a deal breaker. cstanleytech Jul 2022 #7