As the view goes past the Fourth Planet, Keltham says, "This is the furthest that people from Civilization have ever been."

The return journey past the Moon shows, in just a tiny glimpse, a lit section in darkness.  "The Moon colony."

When the view reaches dath ilan, it shows the sun-side, and the view dives in, as the video usually does, to the City of Default.

You can see this particular city starting well above the atmosphere, though you wouldn't get much in the way of detail even if this illusion was much finer than a Silent Image can be.

As the view goes past the Fourth Planet, Keltham says, "This is the furthest that people from Civilization have ever been and returned."  Certain others will be picked up eventually; the odds on saving their True Lives are not ninety-seven percent, but they're over fifty percent, and in a planet of a billion people, somebody will think that's an acceptable risk.

The return journey past the Moon shows, in just a tiny glimpse, a lit section in darkness.  "The Moon colony."

When the view reaches dath ilan, it shows the sun-side, and the view dives in, as the video usually does, to the City of Default.

You can see this particular city starting well above the atmosphere, though you wouldn't get much in the way of detail even if this illusion was much finer than a Silent Image can be.

As the view goes past the Fourth Planet, Keltham says, "This is the furthest that people from Civilization have ever traveled and survived."  Certain others will be picked up eventually; the odds on saving their True Lives are not ninety-seven percent, but they're over fifty percent, and in a planet of a billion people, somebody will think that's an acceptable risk.

The return journey past the Moon shows, in just a tiny glimpse, a lit section in darkness.  "The Moon colony."

When the view reaches dath ilan, it shows the sun-side, and the view dives in, as the video usually does, to the City of Default.

You can see this particular city starting well above the atmosphere, though you wouldn't get much in the way of detail even if this illusion was much finer than a Silent Image can be.

As the view goes past the Fourth Planet, Keltham says, "This is the furthest that people from Civilization have ever traveled and survived."  Certain others will be picked up eventually; the odds on saving their True Lives are not ninety-seven percent, but they're over fifty percent, and in a planet of a billion people, somebody will think that's an acceptable risk.

The return journey past the Moon shows, in just a tiny glimpse, a lit section in darkness.  "The Moon colony."

When the view reaches dath ilan, it shows the sun-side, and the view dives in, as the video usually does, to the City of Default.

You can see this particular city starting well above the atmosphere, though you wouldn't see much detail yet from that height even if this illusion was finer than a Silent Image can be.