Russia plans domed city in abandoned mine

[Technocrat]

"Mr. President, we cannot allow a mine-shaft gap!" :)


http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2010-11/17/russia-domed-city-siberia

[The Vegan Marxist]

This is actually a brilliant idea. Have they presented this to anyone actually considering the step in making this abstract ideal into concrete development?

[Amphictyonis]

Doomed city ;) Under permafrost in Siberia?

[Quail]

Sounds like a really interesting project. I hope this or something like this comes to fruition.

[Salyut]

Doomed city ;) Under permafrost in Siberia?

As long as you take precautions it'll be fine. I doubt this will ever get built though. :(

Mind you the Russians did some work on using orbital mirrors in Siberia...

[Amphictyonis]

I doubt this will ever get built though. :(


Thats what I meant by doomed. No one will want to live under permafrost for 7 months out of the year in the middle of nowhere. Mole people?

[Salyut]

Thats what I meant by doomed. No one will want to live under permafrost for 7 months out of the year in the middle of nowhere. Mole people?

Good point.

[The Vegan Marxist]

Thats what I meant by doomed. No one will want to live under permafrost for 7 months out of the year in the middle of nowhere. Mole people?

I wouldn't mind it. As long as they had enough resources down below to keep it sustainable, I think it would be an interesting experience. Not to mention a great social-experiment that could be developed out of this project.

[Quail]

If there were the means there for me to live a fulfilling life in the city, I don't think I'd have any objection to living there.

[Bright Banana Beard]

So are we going to encounter the people from this vault in the future?

[Amphictyonis]

So are we going to encounter the people from this vault in the future?

After millions of years of evolution underground?

[Technocrat]

Thats what I meant by doomed. No one will want to live under permafrost for 7 months out of the year in the middle of nowhere. Mole people?



General "Buck" Turgidson (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001715/): Doctor, you mentioned the ratio of ten women to each man. Now, wouldn't that necessitate the abandonment of the so-called monogamous sexual relationship, I mean, as far as men were concerned?

Dr. Strangelove (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000634/): Regrettably, yes. But it is, you know, a sacrifice required for the future of the human race. I hasten to add that since each man will be required to do prodigious... service along these lines, the women will have to be selected for their sexual characteristics, which will have to be of a highly... stimulating nature.

Ambassador de Sadesky (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0119988/): I must confess, you have an astonishingly good idea there, Doctor. http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:rYtbj71x0zaZQM:http://www.lifeform.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Dr_Strangelove.jpg&t=1

[The Vegan Marxist]

^I volunteer to join the mole people. :D

[Bright Banana Beard]

After millions of years of evolution underground? Within a century... ( I just referring to the Fallout series)

[Pawn Power]

What an terrible idea. No sun. Everyone will be depressed.

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

What an terrible idea. No sun. Everyone will be depressed.

Some people (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasonal_affective_disorder#Incidence) get depressed at a lack of sunlight. However, this seems to be environmentally influenced (sunlight and diet), which naturally suggests a solution - artificial sunlight (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_sunlight) and rich sources of vitamin D.

[Zeus the Moose]

...aaand Minecraft comes alive....

[28350]

...aaand Minecraft comes alive.... l HAVE THE PLANS ALREADY!