An interesting article appeared today on SpaceRef.com entitled “More ‘Star Trek’ than ‘Snuggie’: Student Design to Protect Lunar Outpost from Dangerous Radiation“.  It seems that “…a group of students at North Carolina State University has developed a “blanket” of sorts that covers lunar outposts – the astronauts ‘ living quarters – to provide astronauts protection … Continue reading This could work for a Space Elevator too…