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  Re: WIP - Nice View 2 (Dome city on Mars, AA+Rad)  
From: Alain
Date: 20 Feb 2005 09:55:51
Message: <4218a4f7$1@news.povray.org>
Thomas de Groot nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 2005-02-20 03:00:
> "John D. Gwinner" <joh### [at] cornelledu> schreef in bericht
> news:42183fcd$1@news.povray.org...
> 
>>heh.  Well, the funny thing is that he's wearing shorts - my theory being
>>that all the builds are more or less 'indoors' so it's more like a Hawaii
>>kind of envioronment, without the rain.  You're going to be glad you're
> 
> not
> 
>>cooped up in a suit so people won't wear much.
>>
> 
> Just a thought. Mars being a really cold planet (thin atmosphere; distant
> Sun) I wonder how warm it would get inside the dome without some substantial
> artificial heating. On Earth, hot houses are heated during winter... so, is
> a Hawaiian kind of environment the obvious one? Never mind. Just mumbling
> away a bit. ;-)
> 
> Thomas
> 
> 
When you have a whole city under a dome, you get a LOT of heat generated by all the
peoples, 
lighting, motors, you name it... In fact, you may need to cool it down with some heavy
duty climate 
control.

Alain


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