An antenna built for interplanetary connection. The Soviet Union was planning to build bases on other planets, and prepared facilities for connection which were never used and now lie dormant.
From – Wreckage in the snow: Russia’s forgotten future
Meanwhile, in Cloud Atlas:
And in reality – a snapshot of our current Earth-Space Comms Network:
Read more "Space Communications Networks: Past, Present & Fictional"fuckyeahdarkextropian: First they take the South China Sea, then the galaxy… China’s current terraforming activities and proposed designs for cities and vehicles provide an excellent way to expand their territory and power not just within its nearby waters, but also beyond Earth. Creating new land and living in ever more hostile environments, such as beneath the […]
Read more "A New Life Awaits in the Chinese Sea Colonies"When it comes to remaking a celestial body in Earth’s image—“terraforming” it—the moon has clear advantages: It gets twice the sunlight of Mars. It’s a three-day trip with current technology, while getting people to Mars would take six months. Furthermore, the moon is dead and it’s small, so it…
Stick with me kids and you could have a job in the Kuiper Belt firing comets into the Moon, making it rain there for ten thousand years. In your new space-hardened, posthuman body. Would you like to know more?
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The Committee to Nuke Elysium 