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If you remove the windows, the O'Neill colony won't be as cool. We must invent some sort of transparent steel that is also effective at blocking radiation.
by xwdv 6y ago
If you remove the windows, the O'Neill colony won't be as cool. We must invent some sort of transparent steel that is also effective at blocking radiation.
- wolfram74 6y agoTo be clear, you're requesting a material that is optically thin in the narrow range of EM radiation that is human visible but relatively opaque otherwise. Obviously particle radiation in general is just blocked by matter. However transmutation the material undergoes has to /also/ maintain these properties. I can't think off the top of my head why it would be /impossible/ but it'll definitely be an engineering nightmare compared to good camera feeds and a few scattered "Star Park" type facilities.
- throwaway316943 6y agoAhem, I think you mean transparent aluminum.
- NortySpock 6y agoSo, sapphire.
- markcarrier 6y agoThat's the ticket laddie.