Spaceships: Escape to the asteroids

[Fred Brackin]

Originally Posted by wellspring

Other than being a system that takes up mass and so qualifies for mass shielding, armor has no impact on radiation protection. Some of the above comments seem to imply it does. It's no better than a fuel tank. !

It might be no better than full fuel tank but I wouldn't let you claim the bones for an empty fuel tank. Your fuel tanks are relatively unlikely to sit around being full all the time.