Comments on: Inflatable Habitats for Polar and Space Colonists https://lifeboat.com/blog/2007/02/inflatable-habitats-for-polar-and-space-colonists Safeguarding Humanity Tue, 25 Apr 2017 11:53:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.1 By: haim lieberman https://lifeboat.com/blog/2007/02/inflatable-habitats-for-polar-and-space-colonists#comment-27498 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:16:53 +0000 http://lifeboat.com/blog/?p=46#comment-27498 Good day Alexander

I adore your non standard and imginative explorations.

keep on!

regards

I do have some questions about your free electrons
convector guide and will send them soon.

]]> By: Eliz Morgan https://lifeboat.com/blog/2007/02/inflatable-habitats-for-polar-and-space-colonists#comment-691 Sat, 24 Mar 2007 11:01:33 +0000 http://lifeboat.com/blog/?p=46#comment-691 What if, instead of a single giant bubble forming a dome, you made walls of membranes filled with many tiny hollow bubbles like ping pong balls? Wouldn’t that provide better insulation in cold areas such as polar regions and the seas? In the case of a space station many mini bubbles might make a better meteor shield than a single-skin dome, and might also provide storage for spare water in a form that is not likely to leak away.

]]> By: Darnell Clayton https://lifeboat.com/blog/2007/02/inflatable-habitats-for-polar-and-space-colonists#comment-238 Tue, 13 Feb 2007 02:56:59 +0000 http://lifeboat.com/blog/?p=46#comment-238 Hey, this is actually a great idea!

As far as asteroids raining down from on high, this will probably affect underground colonies anyway (as evidence by the craters scarring the lunar depths).

These habitats could be cost effective as well, as if one is destroyed, another one could easily be built to replace it.

Perhaps for micrometeorites, a gel coating could be used on the layers where if one is penetrated it automatically seals up.

To Phillip: rotating an asteroid is probably harder than we think. Not to mention asteroids may not make suitable homes for future humans (we-love-gravity).

]]> By: Phillip Huggan https://lifeboat.com/blog/2007/02/inflatable-habitats-for-polar-and-space-colonists#comment-235 Mon, 12 Feb 2007 21:29:58 +0000 http://lifeboat.com/blog/?p=46#comment-235 -20C seems tropical to me right now. I don’t think domed cities can be made safe for habitation (I’m assuming for industry) on an Exo-Earth surface. Micrometeorites will penetrate dense shielding. Much easier is to build the city deep underground or inside a geologically/seismically stable asteroid. The latter can be rotated to provide 100% Earth gravity.

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