• Fedizen@lemmy.world
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    15 days ago

    Goldilocks space is like “my breath immediately turns solid in the shade and my body is turning to charcoal in the direct sunlight”

    You need a giant buffer of atmosphere to help average the temperature a bit. Maybe some kind of large rock with a dense atmosphere?

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      13 days ago

      The other option is a “barbeque roll” a favourite of sci-fi starships, from authors who have done some homework.

      You’re basically trying to balance half way up a waterfall.