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		kuhhk on Feb 11, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Space Colony Art from the 1970s > But with a little extra shielding (lot's of water in the hull What's the purpose of the water? If a micro-asteroid punctures the hull, does the water freeze to stop the leak?

zbentley on Feb 11, 2019 [–]

Radiation shielding: http://www.adl.gatech.edu/research/tff/radiation_shield.html

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