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There are other advantages versus orbital habitats, not least that your station doesn't have to be a pressure vessel - equal pressure within and without makes b
by swiftcoder 5mo ago
There are other advantages versus orbital habitats, not least that your station doesn't have to be a pressure vessel - equal pressure within and without makes big structures a lot simpler.
- AnimalMuppet 5mo agoAll right, but if outside is one atmosphere of sulfur dioxide, you still don't want any air leaks.
- vidarh 5mo agoAt the right height the pressure would be equalised, and so while a leak isn't great, they'd be slow and manageable.
- Ancapistani 5mo agoThe atmosphere would also block the majority of radiation, which is a huge concern for proposed orbital or Martian settlements.
- vidarh 5mo agoEven better than just the atmosphere itself: Venus has an induced magnetosphere.