SPACE COLONY
ISLAND I
ISLAND II
ISLAND III
NUMBER OF COMPONENTS STRUCTURAL MASS AT 1atm, kt PROJECTED AREA SURFACE AREA VOLUME MASS OF ATMOSPHERE, kt SEGMENTATION VISTAS: LONGEST LINE OF SIGHT FRACTION OF HABITAT HIDDEN FROM VIEW COMMUNICATION LONGEST DIST OF SRF TRAVEL FRACTION VIEWABLE BY INTERNAL LINE OF SIGHT FROM ONE PLACE POPULATION CAPACITY AT 67m²/person
1 42,300 55 x 10 60.3 x 10 26.65 x 10 14,612 Difficult
1 3,545 50.3 x 10 10.1 x 10 300 x 10 1,930 Difficult
1 150 6.8 x 10 2.1 x 10 6.9 x 10 44 Easy, optional
10,740 0.09 0
1,790 4.2 0
640 0.5 0.70
11,800 1
2,800 1
2,600 0.3
820,000
75,000
10,000
REQ’D AREA BY ACTIVITY and PROPOSED SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION SPACE RESOURCES AND SPACE SETTLEMENTS; NASA 1977
HEMISPHERICAL SECTION OF STANFORD TORUS SPACE RESOURCES AND SPACE SETTLEMENTS; NASA 1977
AGRICULTURE at L5
掳 60
LEVEL DESCRIPTION FISH PONDS, RICE
位(r+R)
HABITABLE AREA
AGRICULTURAL BIOSPHERE
IMAGES FROM SPACE SETTLEMENTS: A DESIGN STUDY NASA 1977
MINING THE:
ASTERIODS
MOON
IMAGES FROM MINING THE SKY; LEWIS; 1996
IMAGES FROM SPACE SETTLEMENTS: A DESIGN STUDY NASA 1977