Space City Asia I
Names: Space City Asia IAsia I
First appears in Book 3: Death's End, chapter 63 (Bunker Era, Year 11 Bunker World)
Appearances
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What you know
Book 3: Death's End
- Ch 63Space City Asia I is a spinning cylinder 30 km long and 7 km wide, behind Jupiter, with 659 km² of usable surface.
- Ch 63Its population fell from about twenty million to about nine million after newer cities were completed; three fusion artificial suns float along its axis.
- Ch 63The city's thrusters sit at its southern end and it periodically adjusts its orbital position, shifting the suns' apparent angles.
- Ch 63Its spaceport atop the city uses open-space atmosphere containment, maintaining air only about ten meters thick above ground.
Connections
- part ofBunker Project
- containsHibernation research center
- inJupiterin Jupiter's shadow
Key moments
- Book 3 · Ch 63Tour of Space City Asia I
Cao Bin shows Cheng Xin that the city is a spinning cylinder behind Jupiter; they take a bus and elevator to the spaceport where she sees the Bunker World.
- Book 3 · Ch 63Europa flyby
Europa sweeps past Asia I at 150 km, shaking the city and pulling at Cheng Xin; eight front-row cities fire thrusters to correct their positions afterward.
- Book 3 · Ch 65Cheng Xin and AA return to hibernation
After touring a depopulated Earth, they re-enter hibernation in Asia I for two hundred years, to see the world after the dark forest strike.