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[–] [email protected] 71 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Actually, it's a lot better to dig, free radiation shield!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

My plan is to use concentrated sunlight to tunnel directly through an asteroid and use the material to build a small O'Neill cylinder inside. The rest of the rock would provide radiation shielding so the cylinder would be cheaper to construct, and we can send sunlight into the cylinder from either end using the same mirrors we carved the asteroid with.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 months ago (1 children)

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

???

[–] [email protected] 33 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Mood debuff from the game Rimworld where if you spend too long without going outside, you get a severe penalty.

In other words, being underground for long (or indefinite) periods would probably have a profoundly negative effect on people's moods.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That’s why it is important to do sociological testing on earth first. Putting groups of humans in, let’s call them vaults, to test reactions to isolation and lack of surface contact.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Yes, yes and then we do experiments on them without their knowledge to gauge how they react as opposed to control vaults. We should also name this department something fitting. Since they're working on new technologies with vaults maybe something like.. Vault-tec

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

I see, what's the mood debuf for radiation poisoning? :)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Ironically, it's called toxic buildup and it can be less than being underground :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Except when you die

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago

Depending on the severity the mood should switch back to zero rather quickly