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Re:Space colonies of the future as imagined by NASA in the 1... by hinkley on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @02:02PM (#29321790)
I think you're doing a lot of math there to determine pressure and the fact is that pressure in a space station is going to be dictated entirely by biology - partial pressure of oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon dioxide for mammal metabolism first, and comfort and plant metabolism later on. By the time logistics of managing or building out a real habitat, you're in a ±5psi range. Anything outside of that died on the design room floor.

Windows are at a huge premium on cruise ships. It'll be much worse on space ships. But it's possible that inside windows will eventually look out onto something more interesting than the black void of space, so an inside window may be preferable. One of the reasons we look out the window in a car or on a boat is to establish the horizon and fight motion sickness. If you look 'outside' of a rotating space station - especially a rotating space station orbiting a planet or moon - you'll head rapidly in the exact opposite direction.

Re:Space colonies of the future as imagined by NASA in the 1... by Chris2048 on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @06:36PM (#29325011)
Even cruise ships tend not to hand underwater window, despite how desirable they might be. For the same reason, I doubt a space-station will have privately owned windows.
Re:Space colonies of the future as imagined by NASA in the 1... by monocasa on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @10:11PM (#29326573)
They're not really desirable on cruise ships at the end of the day. They gunk up quick and don't really have a great view even clean since you're either in harbor with probably silty water, or at speed in which case it's just fairly dark turbulent bubbles that you can see.
Re:Space colonies of the future as imagined by NASA in the 1... by Dylan16807 on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @09:42PM (#29326429)
Actually I think the main reason to have so much nitrogen is to reduce flammability, not biology or comfort.