The International Space Station can’t last forever, but since its first occupation in 2000, there has always been a crew of astronauts living and working in space.
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Ta. Still no wheel-shaped ones, sadly.
Bubblecar said:
Ta. Still no wheel-shaped ones, sadly.
Yes, all these odd shaped tin can ones are wanna bees.
Tau.Neutrino said:
Bubblecar said:
Ta. Still no wheel-shaped ones, sadly.
Yes, all these odd shaped tin can ones are wanna bees.
Could the wheel shape ones be spun before complete and bits added on as required
Cymek said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
Bubblecar said:
Ta. Still no wheel-shaped ones, sadly.
Yes, all these odd shaped tin can ones are wanna bees.
Could the wheel shape ones be spun before complete and bits added on as required
I guess they could work from within.
But any larger work would be required to match the spin which might be possible.
Dunno.
The easiest way to get centripetal force is the tethered weight concept. You can have a radial arm of hundreds of metres for a craft only a few metres across.
Tau.Neutrino said:
Cymek said:
Tau.Neutrino said:Yes, all these odd shaped tin can ones are wanna bees.
Could the wheel shape ones be spun before complete and bits added on as required
I guess they could work from within.
But any larger work would be required to match the spin which might be possible.
Dunno.
Yes that is what I was wondering
Cymek said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
Bubblecar said:
Ta. Still no wheel-shaped ones, sadly.
Yes, all these odd shaped tin can ones are wanna bees.
Could the wheel shape ones be spun before complete and bits added on as required
It would be like a docking manoeuvre, for something that large it might be a bit tricky.
STARLAB… Led by Nanoracks, Voyager Space and Lockheed Martin, a commercial station based around an inflatable main module and attached ‘science park’.
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Sounds like fun
https://youtu.be/ENCJ4GTZ_uA?
2001
The approach