Ra Paulette – cave artist
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
This is pretty cool, it appeals to my inner moleman.
WOW… Now THAT is a cool hobby!
The most enduring archaeological feature is a hole. Even though they are dug out of very soft stone, these caves may well out last the pyramids (if they are not destroyed by barbarians like the standing Buddha was).
The opal miners in Australia make their homes in their mines and they are very similar but are dug out of an even softer dirt. They require minimal heating and cooling and are tornado proof.
Underground housing doesn’t need to be claustrophobic, and dark. light pipes can bring in natural sunlight and “virtual windows” can provide a live view of outside (like in the inside cabins on the Royal Caribbean cruise ships)
Perhaps one day we will see communities (on Mars?) underground with a farm or a park on the “roof”.
This story make my imagination soar.
Beautiful spaces. Aside from the artistry, imagine the ingenuity required to build them from the top down.