10-30-2015, 04:54 PM
(10-30-2015, 01:27 PM)Esme Wrote: Hmmn..I've just had a thought; in an early and small toroidal station, one could have a number of habitable spokes extending outwards from the torus, to give a limited volume at a higher G than the bulk of the torus, if the simulated gravity in the torus itself was deemed to be a tad low for long term health. It'd be a bit like having buildings sunk into the ground ( rather like, IIRC, Jinx in Larry Niven's Known Space series of tales), with the top floor at ground level. Might that be easier to build than a larger torus?- And if that were practicable, maybe at a later date a second outer ring could be built linking what was teh basement of each spoke?
Sounds like a reasonable plan to me!
Joe Strout
Lead Developer, High Frontier