From: Nesting, David (DNestin_at_corp.sbc.com)
Date: 04/27/98
Message-ID: <1C014A265694D111916900805FEA69C92F6B85@msi-tx-srv14.corp.sbc.com> From: "Nesting, David" <DNestin_at_corp.sbc.com> Subject: RE: floating houses / floating villages Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 08:51:30 -0500
These are rather interesting ideas. Are there any web pages or
resources
online or in a library that goes into some of these concepts?
David
> -The Butterfly writes:
> - > This meshes EXTREMELY well with the the concept Bucky Fuller put
> - > forward for "Cloud 9" cities. These were to be gigantic
> (.5 miles or
> - > larger in diameter) geodesic spheres with entire cities inside of
> - > them. They weren't to be standard helium-filled airships,
> but would
> - > actually float due to the differential air pressure
> created by heating a
> - > volume of air that large. Like a hot-air balloon that's a
> mile or two in
> - > diameter...