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Dome Technology
Tom Ball
I, Norman, said to Petunia, “I’ve planned a future colonial domed city plan. And robot builders and miners can produce such a dome automatically in different sizes, mostly with skyscrapers, but occasionally just a few houses are under a dome. And the domes were different colors yet let in colored light. And the domes were super strong and had anti-missile missile batteries on the surface of the domes and there were typically sensors underground lest some power tried to tunnel into the dome.”
And I said, “Some wanted different shapes than a dome, like a more artistic design to cover the buildings and some wanted no cover whatsoever, just self-contained buildings, oOr even tunnels only, for example on the high-pressure environment on Venus. Or tunnels hidden from the surface for secret colonies. There were now many secret colonies that gave off no signs of life to the surface, and many were located under the bottom of the sea on Earth.”
And I added, “And some traveled in a bubble dome in the harsh climates of places outside Terra and two bubbles could be merged as one for sexual purposes. And many Spacecraft, were ensconced inside a protective bubble. For Spacecraft the bubble protected them from missile attack, deflecting missiles into Space.”
Petunia asked, “What about domed cover over all Earth and the other Planets and Moons?” I said, “Such things are in the near future. But missiles are becoming more deadly and some of the newest can breach the previously impervious domes. But the domes are being constantly strengthened. And domes are expensive, even the small ones. But more and more cities on Earth are under domes for protection against nuclear strikes. And this has led to the freedom and independence of many cities. It is now Worlds of city states mostly. And this has led to great creativity in arts and science, and in many small cities, people were acquainted with one another. And are proud of their cities and the accomplishments of their intellectuals.”
And Petunia said, “I basically knew all that, but what is the future of domes?” I said, “In the future people will all be androids, homo machina, and large domes will not be necessary, and wars will be a thing of the past. Each android though will have a bubble dome for protection from attack, including hacking.” She said, “It all seems so amazing.” I said, “Androids will likely be mass produced and also all humans will be cloned as androids, and humans will slowly die out.”
Petunia said, “I want to build a domed theme park with educational and thrilling rides and it will have a number of hotels and bars and restaurant and sex workers and drugs. Different thrilling experiences would each have their own particular drugs for maximum thrills.” I said, “And there will be movie domes/planetariums, which would show movies 360 degrees and in 3-D. And some domes will be conference centers where bigwigs would go and meet one another in person. Many agree that in person meeting and in person sex to be superior to appearing to one another as a hologram.”
And Petunia said, “I want to build a wildlife park featuring new animals in a dome somewhere in the Solar System. The new animals they are developing are cute and cuddly and like humans. People will want to come and adopt an animal for a stiff fee!” I said, “Of course, there is no limit to the uses for domes, and I currently have a virtual monopoly on domes, and I am the richest persona in the Universe. My net worth is hundreds of zillions. And the UW (United Worlds) enforce my patents including the all-new material of the domes themselves. The material is a synthetic material tried and tested in the lab and is harder than diamonds. Wind and storms have no effect on my domes.”
Petunia said, “Your domes are expensive, but I can afford some. I got rich in Solar System real estate. And I can trade you some land for some domes.” I said, “I think it is the beginning of a wondrous relationship.” And we loved each other and visited one another frequently. And we built a lot of great colonies. Some called us the master and mistress of Space.
