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Astronauts on the ISS have proven that living in space even for a few months is extremely unhealthy. Seems like that might be a harder problem to solve than bui
by esperent 6y ago
Astronauts on the ISS have proven that living in space even for a few months is extremely unhealthy. Seems like that might be a harder problem to solve than building the space cities.
- ballenf 6y agoHow much of that is just because it’s not spinning/ no gravity? That plus better shielding should help right?
- dodobirdlord 6y agoHigh energy cosmic rays are tough to shield against. On Earth there’s 60 miles of atmosphere, in space you would have to reproduce that with several meters of dense material.
- kungito 6y agoWhat if you were orbiting a planet always on the opposite side of where the Sun is?
- TeMPOraL 6y agoThe view would suck. You'd have to pack nuclear reactors to provide power (though that's a given for any kind of serious activity in space anyway), and your scientific and operational capabilities would be limited/made difficult by the lack of sunlight.
- the8472 6y agoCosmic rays aren't caused by the sun. If anything the heliosphere shields us from some of them.