Quote:I like that idea, I really do...and need to investigate it in greater detail when I have the 'net time and leisure for research. But that sounds awesome, if possible. If impossible, still a good plot bunny...
Or, as another possibility, the Island could run as a Venus-Mars Hohmann orbit. This would cover most of the major points in the inner solar system - Earth would be a little haphazzard, since the orbit isn't aimed directly at it - and it would serve as a link between the two terraforming projects.
-- Acyl