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Plastic Radiation Shielding
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There is a soil-substitute in OA known as Garden Paste that presumable reduces the need for minerals in the crop-growing substrate. In a habitat or long-duration ship that grows its own food, the majority of that food would probably be vat-grown like algae; much of the rest will be grown aeroponically or using a minimal amount of Garden Paste, and only a small amount will be grown in the traditional way using mineral-based soil. So there might not be as much rock on a habitat as one might expect.

(Currently Garden Paste is one of the aspects of the scenario which needs expansion; currently the article takes the form of an advertisement or instruction sheet from a Garden Paste manufacturer, which is interesting as ephemera, but it needs more detail.)
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Plastic Radiation Shielding - by Sim Koning - 06-14-2013, 04:51 AM
RE: Plastic Radiation Shielding - by radtech497 - 06-15-2013, 01:57 AM
RE: Plastic Radiation Shielding - by stevebowers - 06-15-2013, 05:02 PM
RE: Plastic Radiation Shielding - by Drashner1 - 06-16-2013, 04:31 AM
RE: Plastic Radiation Shielding - by iancampbell - 06-18-2013, 08:30 AM
RE: Plastic Radiation Shielding - by stevebowers - 06-18-2013, 05:30 PM

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