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One of the main benefits of a LEO colony is you can design it with 1/10th or less of the shielding mass of deep space colony, because it's shielded from radiati
by bmcusick 9y ago
One of the main benefits of a LEO colony is you can design it with 1/10th or less of the shielding mass of deep space colony, because it's shielded from radiation by Earth's magnetic field. Such a design would not be able to keep people healthy beyond LEO.
A LEO colony would be a staging point for colonists and ships, but not a ship itself.
- keenerd 9y agoYou'd have to add shielding to it too. The whole point is that a single large shielded Cycler makes a lot more sense than smaller ships.