Re: [GZG] Habitable solar systems (Was: [GZG] Real Astroplitics)

[Bri <rlyehable@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Difficult to see a whole society this way, but...

Perhaps a mass mining operation on a rogue planet traveling through a 
solar system (ref. see Poul Anderson's Satan's World). The rouge world 
entered an unstable eliptic orbit and finally broke away again. While it 
was in-system it was heavily mined (no need to worry about environmental 
damage). The humans stayed in the asteroid belt or space stations (in a 
semi-sustaining environment) when the planet was outside of the, 
somewhat, habital zone. Perhaps, they were stranded (evil corporation, 
last ship had FTL accident, etc.) and they did not have the heavy 
industry needed to make FTL drives. So they made the best they could 
among the asteroid/space station habitats? [shrug]

-Bri


Robert N Bryett wrote:
> A human habitable *solar system* doesn't need to have human habitable 
> *planets*. Any star-faring culture could build large orbital habitats 
> around any suitable star. In that context, systems with hot stars 
> pumping out lots of energy for solar collectors etc. and large 
> asteroid belts would be preferable. Gas giants (and their moons?) 
> would be excellent sources of resources too, if one could find a way 
> to mine them.
>
> So how about a decentralised "pelagic" society in the Tuffleyverse? 
> Motto: "Leave the gravity well alone!"
>
> Best regards, Robert Bryett
> rbryett@xxxxxxxx 

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