O'Neill colony construction Forum: Spacesettlers
Thread: O'Neill colony construction
# 4223 bytango_dancer@... on Sept. 22, 2003, 5:40 a.m.
Member since 2021-10-03
--- In spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com, Ian Woollard
wrote:
> > inside would need to be lined with a membrane to prevent air from
> > leaking through the pores in the concrete.
>
> Yes, some sort of calking. You might be able to grow it.
>
Hey! I like this idea. That's definitely a unique way of looking at
the problem - growing the membrane.
Do you have any more info on this solution? I've never seen any
reference to it before. Is this your idea?
Do you mean grow it as a biological organism or as a chemical
process?
Please share more info. Thanks.
TangoMan