lazylion_ca@lemmy.ca to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 8 months agoOn a low gravity planet, would it make more sense to build habitat domes or habitat sky-scrapers?message-squaremessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1138arrow-down12
arrow-up1136arrow-down1message-squareOn a low gravity planet, would it make more sense to build habitat domes or habitat sky-scrapers?lazylion_ca@lemmy.ca to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 8 months agomessage-square44fedilink
minus-squareZippy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoThe larger the dome the exponential the forces become. A thousand foot dome has 2 billion pounds of force acting on it. We don’t have materials to handle those kinds of forces.
The larger the dome the exponential the forces become. A thousand foot dome has 2 billion pounds of force acting on it. We don’t have materials to handle those kinds of forces.