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"Combs, Mike" wrote:
>
> From: Steve Long [mailto:longsteven@...]
>
> > And the "Coral Reef" screen saver is the same as diving
> > with Cousteau, and watching the IMAX movie about Everest
> > is the same as climbing with Breshears.
> >
> > Why not just watch a movie about space habitats instead
> > of building them?
>
> I don't think he was thinking in terms of a space habitat having a
> huge
> plasma screen running a video of a sunset. I'm sure he was
> visualizing
> a reflection of the real sun (bounced off a space mirror) setting
> behind
> real clouds.
>

Mike, my intended point was that the construct or the replication
cannot substitute for the real thing. I obviously didn't say it well enough.

But I'm pretty sure a real sunset requires a horizon.

Steve