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Re:Saturn's largest moon may be the only place beyond Earth ... by Aardwolf on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @12:39PM (#22536967)
Day length seems less of a concern than the temperature and resources issues (since you can use artificial lighting), plus you can float around in the balloon to choose to be in a light, dark, dusk or dawn place, and even enjoy an eternal sunset. This almost sounds like it would fit Le Petit Prince
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Re:Saturn's largest moon may be the only place beyond Earth ... by hutzlibu on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @12:43PM (#22537011)
The floating cities are surely a way to circumvent the daylength issue. But the daylength is directly linked to the temperature - even if you could normalize the atmosphere, the day side would still get just too hot and the nightside too cold.
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