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Put in 3RPM and it spits out a 100m radius. This is big for sure, but in the same order of magnitude of the ISS. If you are willing to live with only 0.5g ins
by jandrese 5y ago
Put in 3RPM and it spits out a 100m radius. This is big for sure, but in the same order of magnitude of the ISS. If you are willing to live with only 0.5g instead of 1g you can slow it down to 2RPM at that size and be safely within human comfort limits.
That would give you a circumference of around 628m. That sounds like a lot, but if you could build it in 80m segments by bolting each segment to the outside of SpaceX Starship (which is 120m tall) that would take 8 launches to get the ring in orbit. Plus some more launches for the hub and spokes and panels and everything else of course. Still, 15-20 launches is not outside of the realm of the feasible. If there were the political will (or personal fortune) to build this it could be done.