tori

Mag Lev motors could probably get the power needed to move fully shielded
compartments out, although if there is at least 5 minutes warning then surely
we wouldn't really have much of a problem with the radiation.

Also I am wondering i it would be possible to somehow make the spokes part of
the radiation shield, the problem is that we would have to move the people up
to the speed of the pressure vessel with such a system, which might be harder
to solve then just having good warnings of solar flares.

--- Al Globus wrote:
> depending on the author, habitat shielding requirements are 5 to 10 tons per
> square
> meter (see
>
http://lifesci3.arc.nasa.gov/SpaceSettlement/75SummerStudy/Chapt4.html#Shielding