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I knew I'd get a story idea out of it eventually.
We've been watching the History Channel series The Universe, which is pretty good for popular science, and full of lovely visuals (yay CGI!). I was thinking of the moons of Saturn on my way to work today, and had a story idea.
"Telescope Pals". Two young people, both colonists around Saturn, are pen-pals and use their telescopes to look at each other's settlements. (Worldbuilding thoughts: one on a natural satellite and one on a space station? What would be an appropriate name for a space station orbiting Saturn, an artificer/smith/whatnot linked to the Titans? What would be a good satellite for a settlement? Titan is too gooey.) The kid on the space station sends their friend pictures of the rings (which the kid on the moon can barely see).
I need to resist the temptation to set this on the Galileans instead; Jupiter's magnetosphere would microwave human settlers, wouldn't it?
Still. *makes notes*
"Telescope Pals". Two young people, both colonists around Saturn, are pen-pals and use their telescopes to look at each other's settlements. (Worldbuilding thoughts: one on a natural satellite and one on a space station? What would be an appropriate name for a space station orbiting Saturn, an artificer/smith/whatnot linked to the Titans? What would be a good satellite for a settlement? Titan is too gooey.) The kid on the space station sends their friend pictures of the rings (which the kid on the moon can barely see).
I need to resist the temptation to set this on the Galileans instead; Jupiter's magnetosphere would microwave human settlers, wouldn't it?
Still. *makes notes*
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Also, I'm voting for Saturn. :D