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Terraforming Mercury

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What role will Mercury play once Humanity becomes a space faring race and establishes a civilization that spans the solar system? It could become the industrial center of such a civilization because of its light gravity, material resources, and plentiful solar energy that can be concentrated to achieve very high temperatures or converted into almost unlimited quantities of electrical energy.

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  1. Tennessee Valley Interstellar Workshop, Chattanooga, TN, USA

    Kenneth Roy

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  1. Candida Oancea Institute, Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

    Viorel Badescu

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    Kris Zacny

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Roy, K. (2015). Terraforming Mercury. In: Badescu, V., Zacny, K. (eds) Inner Solar System. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19569-8_20

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