Re: We Are Prisoners Of Fire

On Thu, 23 Feb 2006 05:36:15 GMT, jsavard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(John Savard) wrote, in part:

Of course, years ago, I was told by a space medicine expert who spoke to
a meeting of a local astronomy club that O'Neill colonies were
impossible because of cosmic rays. And I came up with a design to prove
her wrong... which only much later came to my web site at

http://www.quadibloc.com/science/spaint.htm

Now, since it has been said that the Martian atmosphere is but poor and
paltry protection against radiation, I have added to my page at

http://www.quadibloc.com/science/spa02.htm

a description of how one might convey sunlight through a deep and narrow
hole drilled down to a Martian base deep underground.

The basic idea, illustrated schematically, is, however, unsuited to
Martian conditions, and so I discuss ways in which it may be modified to
correct this.

John Savard
http://www.quadibloc.com/index.html
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