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Answer A: Trying to make a gun making scene realistic
(Sorry about the length, I'm laid up today and bored.) By happenstance, I have been researching pretty much this particular issue on and off for several months now for some alternate history type stories. The problem with whole "Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court" scenario which everyone ...
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over 9 years ago
Answer A: How do I figure out how many people my domed city on a hostile planet can support?
The major problem with living in a surface dome will be radiation. Mars radiation is too high for constant exposure. People will spend most of their time under radiation shelter. A tall thin dome won't provide much radiation protection. Although one that generated a powerful magnetic field of its o...
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about 10 years ago
Answer A: Expanding occupied underground habitations safely?
There are tables, created for mining engineers that list types of stone e.g. sandstone, granite, limestone etc and tell exactly how large a tunnel they will support, how big galleries and where to leave pillars etc. I've seen them in old WWII combat engineering manuals as well. Most of those are avai...
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about 10 years ago