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To: rottndog; Dead Corpse

Actually, we're rotating. Somewhere between five and ten minutes for a complete rotation, giving us a Mars-normal gravity.

But we're rotating in the plane of the ecliptic, so we're getting as much shade as possible. The large central axis mirrors reflect sunlight to give us a normal "day," but they don't reflect harmful radiation.

Then there's the canopy, made of steel-supported panels of Aluminum Oxy-Nitride. That and our internal atmosphere give additional shielding.


966 posted on 01/05/2007 7:29:07 PM PST by NicknamedBob (My tuner doesn't have good taste the way it used to!)
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To: NicknamedBob

Gotta go do the family thing. G'night all...


968 posted on 01/05/2007 7:40:45 PM PST by Dead Corpse (Anyone who needs to be persuaded to be free, doesn't deserve to be.)
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To: NicknamedBob
That and our internal atmosphere give additional shielding.

I wonder what the shielding factor for all the livestock methane is?
970 posted on 01/05/2007 7:58:02 PM PST by rottndog (While reading this tag, remember Tens of Thousands of Americans are risking their lives for you.)
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