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Re:Standard Space Habitats by xwdv on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @02:38PM (#24274522)
If you remove the windows, the O'Neill colony won't be as cool. We must invent some sort of transparent steel that is also effective at blocking radiation.
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Re:Standard Space Habitats by wolfram74 on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @03:16PM (#24274927)
To be clear, you're requesting a material that is optically thin in the narrow range of EM radiation that is human visible but relatively opaque otherwise. Obviously particle radiation in general is just blocked by matter. However transmutation the material undergoes has to /also/ maintain these properties.

I can't think off the top of my head why it would be /impossible/ but it'll definitely be an engineering nightmare compared to good camera feeds and a few scattered "Star Park" type facilities.

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Re:Standard Space Habitats by throwaway316943 on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @03:26PM (#24275044)
Ahem, I think you mean transparent aluminum.
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Re:Standard Space Habitats by NortySpock on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @03:50PM (#24275300)
So, sapphire.
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Re:Standard Space Habitats by markcarrier on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @04:16PM (#24275611)
That's the ticket laddie.
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