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1. Robert Heinlein predicted lunar tunnels for colonization

Wed May 15, 2019, 02:08 PM

May 2019

In "The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress" in 1966! But if my memory is correct, his future had bored tunnels rather than digging trenches and covering them.

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Tunneling Experts Excited At Prospect Or Boring Tunnels On Lunar Surface [View all] Judi Lynn May 2019 OP

Robert Heinlein predicted lunar tunnels for colonization csziggy May 2019 #1

Your memory is correct! Staph May 2019 #2