[TML] [Merchant Shipping] Some ideas I came up with tomakemerchant shipping more interesing

[shadow at shadowgard.com]

On 19 Apr 2008 at 14:20, Jerry W Barrington wrote:

> On 4/19/08 4:06 AM, "shadow at shadowgard.com" <shadow at shadowgard.com> wrote:
> 
> > On 17 Apr 2008 at 22:45, Jerry W Barrington wrote:
> > 
> >>     2. You're thinking some sort of field.  A thin sheet of metal foil will
> >> stop most charged particles.!
> > 
> > For *low energy particles that's true Alpha and beta radiation for
> > example. But for solar flares, or a gas giant's radiation belts, you
> > need *meters* of water or other shielding.
> 
> That would be all the fuel tankage in the black spaces surrounding the
> deckplans.  :)

Nope. Not thick enough. You need a *minimum* of several meters. Say 3-
5. There are lots of places where the tankage isn't that thick, Which 
means you'd get radiation inside.
 

--
Leonard Erickson (aka shadow)
shadow at shadowgard dot com