Re:Earth-sized exoplanet ‘habitable zone’
by phildenhoff on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @03:56PM
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Semi-related to this discussion is the novel _Seveneves_ by Neal Stephenson.
Essentially, the premise is that the Moon gets hit by a Very Large Thing, and humanity has to prepare for Earth being hit by some very large bit of the moon. Part of their planning is building a generation-spaceship, designed to last until Earth's hot atmosphere cools to a habitable level, so there is some discussion of "Why live on a spaceship when you can live on a planet?" However, it's not a deep focus.
The book has good reviews [1] and I'd strongly recommend it for those who like hard Sci-Fi. However, I would consider only reading the first two parts. The third part is rather extravagant and, imo, lost the thread of the first two parts. It certainly lost my interest.
Essentially, the premise is that the Moon gets hit by a Very Large Thing, and humanity has to prepare for Earth being hit by some very large bit of the moon. Part of their planning is building a generation-spaceship, designed to last until Earth's hot atmosphere cools to a habitable level, so there is some discussion of "Why live on a spaceship when you can live on a planet?" However, it's not a deep focus.
The book has good reviews [1] and I'd strongly recommend it for those who like hard Sci-Fi. However, I would consider only reading the first two parts. The third part is rather extravagant and, imo, lost the thread of the first two parts. It certainly lost my interest.
[1]: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22816087-seveneves