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Old October 24th 03, 02:25 AM
Mike Rhino
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"Henry Spencer" wrote in message
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In article ,
Mike Combs wrote:
While 5 psi works for most people, there are significant health

benefits
for some at 14PSI.


I remember O'Neill suggested 1/2 pressure with twice the percentage of

oxygen.
Are you saying that might be a mistake?


If your structure is strong enough to support radiation shielding, it might
be strong enough to handle sea level air pressure. If you can produce a lot
of either iron or aluminum from local resources, then you can use a fair
amount of metal in your structure. I wonder if pure oxygen would cause iron
to corrode faster.