"I don't even know what this thing does but it looks cool!"

  • AcidSmiley [she/her]
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    3 days ago

    These are Soviet Venusian aerostats. Venus has a very dense atmosphere, and the pressure and temperatures near the surface are superhell, so a classic sci fi idea is to build habitats that float on the higher layers of the atmosphere.

  • miz [any, any]
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    3 days ago

    when we say pee is stored in the balls, these are the balls we're talking about