[Space]: Habitability modifiers for tidelocked and resonant worlds

[pnewman]

Originally Posted by Brett

I was thinking of living in Stanfords, Bernals, and O'Neills rather than living in the vacuum of Space. Not much gengineering of mankind ought to be necessary, unless there is something I'm overlooking.

Radiation?

Enough mass to stop the radiation will be very heavy, enough mass to stop the radiation during solar storms will be even heavier. This will add considerably to your engineering costs. Building some Radiation Tolerance into your inhabitants would probably be cheaper and easier.