Thanks! (Destiny)

by narcogen , Andover, Massachusetts, Tuesday, April 24, 2018, 12:26 (2225 days ago) @ Funkmon

To answer the astronomy things brought up early on:

Hellas basin is not in an ice cap

Phobos is not actually in a polar orbit.

The ice caps are primarily CO2, not water. The ice caps by and large sublimate in reality, not melt.

I remember when part of the reason that I thought Destiny's focus on our own solar system would be cool was the possibility of imparting real knowledge on the side.

I mean, OK, by all means, compromise on scientific accuracy for gameplay reasons, like the amount of gravity on the Moon, and have the Traveler do terraforming for story reasons, but what's the reason for the above?