space cities
Names: space citiesJovian cities
First appears in Book 3: Death's End, chapter 53 (Excerpt from A Past Outside of Time The Bunker Project: An Ark for Earth Civilization)
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What you know
Book 3: Death's End
- Ch 53They would orbit the Sun in sync with the gas giants, not as satellites, needing propulsion to avoid falling toward the planets.
- Ch 53L2 Lagrangian points were initially planned for the cities but later found too far from the gas giants for adequate protection.
- Ch 53After the Sun's destruction, each city would run on fusion power with its own artificial sun, using nebula material as fuel.
- Ch 63Jupiter's gravity slowly pulls the cities closer, so they constantly adjust position with energy-expensive thrusters, and they are not made Jovian satellites until warning systems prove reliable.
- Ch 63The Jovian cities look tiny and lonely against Jupiter, like shacks at the foot of a cliff, glowing faintly as the only warmth in the cold desolation.
Connections
- part ofBunker Project
- inJupiterLocated near Jupiter