Thread: [Spaceships] SM+35 Toroid Station?
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Old 04-01-2019, 08:05 AM   #17
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Default Re: [Spaceships] SM+35 Toroid Station?
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Originally Posted by AlexanderHowl View Post
You only need 10 metric tons of shielding per square meter to provide shielding similar to the Earth, so 1 km of air at 1 atm would provide sufficient shielding.
As Earth has a lot more than 1km of air, that doesn't follow.
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