Might look like space colonies of the future?

The life of man in space engineers and scientists speculate a long time, trying to find the optimal shape and location for the settlement. Someone thinks that the best place - it's the moon, or titanium. Someone plans to explore asteroids.

Well, someone thinks that the orbit of our planet - the ideal place for life. At that development plans are different orbits, and one of the most unusual projects of this type is Стэнфордский torus .

In the 70s of the last century, students at Stanford (now all they probably venerable scientists) have proposed a special device space orbital settlements. This annular space station, which gives the rotation, providing artificial gravity in magnitude 0.9-1g.

On the inner surface of the circle is an artificial ecosystem with familiar human terms. Sunlight is directed to the special settlement system of mirrors. Spokes "wheels" provide bracing outer rim to the inner and at the same time serve as tunnels for the transport and movement of people.

According to the project, such a station can live 10-140 thousand, depending on the size of the ring. On a larger rim can arrange farm greenbelt and everything else that requires a person to a normal life. Well, the "view from the window," a station just incredible - navervnoe, life worth for the opportunity to stay here.

Of course, modern technology and the available human resources are still insufficient for the creation of such a ring, but maybe in the future something like that will be created. After all, you can start small, and gradually complete construction of the station. It is hoped that construction will be carried out in this century ...



Source: geektimes.ru/post/240424/