At home in a dome.

>>>>I haven't read Zubrin. So if this is what is meant by dome, I agree
that it would never work. I assumed by dome that we were talking
about a proper structure with a circular concrete base. The only
way this would work is by filling spheres half full of local soil
and burying them half-way down. Then it would look like a dome.>>>>

Many of Zubrins ideas may seem flawed, but they are brilliant, none the
less. In various High Frontier concepts that I have studied, I have
included ideas or pieces of technology that Zubrin helped develop for his
Mars Direct plan. Zubrins ideas are not always well thought through or
backed up by practical science. On many occasions I have had to adapt his
ideas by filtering out engineering flaws. The case of his Kevlar 'dome' is
a good example. None the less, I would recommend his book 'The Case for
Mars'. If nothing else, reading the book should give you some idea as to
what we are up against. Zubrins 'Case for Mars' has probably done more to
wreak the 'High Frontier' than all else combined.

I have a few spare copies of the book. If you send me your mailing
address, I can post one to you. It makes interesting reading, but I
couldn't escape the impression that parts of it were amateurish.

Tony

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