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   Tim McDaniel to Henry Spencer   
   Re: TransHab as storm shelter   
   07 Jun 04 19:09:29   
   
   From: tmcd@panix.com   
      
   In article ,   
   Henry Spencer  wrote:   
   >In article <9a9ed1d7.0406010958.774a371d@posting.google.com>,   
   >Travis P  wrote:   
   >>...center of the ship is the water storage tanks, but the tanks have   
   >>storage rooms in the centers that are surrounded by the water.  When   
   >>needed, the entire crew can fit in there for days at a time.   
   >>Uncomfortable, but it's good dual use.  One problem would be the   
   >>diminished quantity of water towards the end of the mission.   
   >   
   >Fortunately, both food -- even dehydrated -- and human wastes have   
   >plenty of water content, so you can use them for storm-shelter   
   >shielding.   
      
   So, in the event of an interplanetary solar storm, you WANT to be in   
   deep shit.   
      
   >--   
   >"Think outside the box -- the box isn't our friend."   
   >                                -- George Herbert   
      
   You contradict yourself here, for certain values of "box".   
      
   --   
   Tim McDaniel, tmcd@panix.com   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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