Actually, I read a series of books by Kim Stanley Robinson called "Red
Mars", in which they thrust an asteroid into orbit, and use it to construct
an orbital tether, which elevators ride up and down from orbit to lower the
cost of resupply.

This asteroid looks perfect for that kind of orbital tether.




<pov### [at] almostbestwebnet> wrote in message
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> The recent asteroid city pictures posted here made me
> think of a different concept for an asteroid city.
> Buildings have not been detailed yet.  The asteroid is
> an  isosurface.  The planet still need wowrk: I might
> even take the planet out.
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