Quote Originally Posted by Brother Oni View Post
I agree, as you have to consider the psychological needs of both the civilians and military personnel. As I understand it, even the illusion of open airspace is very conducive for mental health - even prisoners get some time outside.
True, but the illusion of open airspace might not actually require that much space. It's pretty amazing what we can do with VR already, and I imagine the technology has the potential for a few more decades of substantial refinement before hitting any sort of plateau. Of course, tricking the part of your brain that hates living in a space coffin isn't necessarily as easy as tricking the part of your brain that wants to pretend to be a space marine for twenty minutes.