SharkD <pos### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> On 6/17/2010 8:39 AM, Bill Pragnell wrote:
> > Your habitat has windows on the endcaps, doesn't it? What about a view with the
> > axial sun-tube switched off, but sunlight coming into the cylinder from outside?
> > With decent radiosity settings this might look very interesting.
>
> Or both. Not sure yet if I want the colony in a solar or planetary orbit
> though.

You'd want a solar or gas-giant orbit if possible - photovoltaic power
from a close solar orbit, or put out conductor spines to sweep the gas-giants
magnetosphere for inductive power. I vote gas-giant, the view's better and you
don't need to worry about solar weather or heat disposal.
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