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  • “Below” is used as a stranded preposition in your case (the more generally accepted usage), whereas the original post uses it at an adjective. While usage of “below” as an adjective is not universal, it is still accepted by some dictionaries. I could only find the Webster English Dictionary as an example, so I suppose it’s mostly exclusive to American English. So yes, your example is the more universal mode (as well as my personal preference), but American English generally accepts the above usage as proper grammar. (The sentence above, as well as this one, demonstrate the usage of “above,” a relative locus, as both an adjective and a preposition in modern English).


















  • First of all, domes in general aren’t a great idea except for maybe greenhouses - at least on planets in our system. NASA and ESA have done some cool concept experiments as to what pressurized architecture could look like, and it’s a lot more like a cross between a space station module and Earth architecture.

    Second - assuming we’ve adapted/evolved to the low gravity, skyscrapers are probably the way to go. That said, if we’ve adapted that heavily we probably have similar adaptations to the atmosphere etc. - in which case architecture would probably be similar to Earth architecture, but able to build higher assuming the same materials.

    But if we were trying to colonize a low-gravity world, we’d have to use an orbital station with centripetal-force “gravity” and only research stations on the surface, with a science crew rotation every 6-12 ish months to prevent bone loss.

    This is actually the plan for the Moon and then Mars - use Gateway as a station to resupply and host crew rotations for Moon and Mars missions, and eventually to support long-term habitation. But until such a station exists, Lunar Gateway will be used for a waystation for crew rotations between the Moon and Earth.

    Space engineering is about to become a very high demand field, on the absolute frontier of human exploration…