Safety Margin for a Artificial Orbital Habitat

I'm always interested in the possibilities of human creating an orbiting space habitat like Stanford Torus or O'neill Cylinder. Those habitats were designed to support certain numbers of colonists.

Now for the question: Based on current safety practice (real world),

What should the safety margin of these habitats be? (Ex: If the habitat's intended pop was 10,000 then with a safety margin of 200% they can safely support up to 20,000 people).

Also, how much redundancy should the colony's systems have? (Ex: If the colony life support system was a 4 tiered redundant system then the life support will only failed if all 4 layers failed).

posted over 8 years ago

Satori Wita‭

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