ISS is falling apart after only 20 years. Those giant space cylinder things from the NASA artwork are likely to be a maintenance nightmare.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Thu 23 Sep 2021, 12:06,
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How long was it designed to last?
Isaac Arthur spoke recently about air leaks in O'Neil Cylinders. He said they're likely to leak constantly, which turns out to be absolutely fine, and even fairly large impact holes can be patched up with years/decades/centuries of air to spare (depending on scale, obviously). Hollywood gets this sort of thing very wrong.
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brb man-child cuck corporate supplicant fuck, Thu 23 Sep 2021, 20:47,
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