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I think it's just meant to be a more easy-to-grok illustration of how big this thing is. Nobody's truly planning on cramming 54 people into one of these in orbi

I think it's just meant to be a more easy-to-grok illustration of how big this thing is. Nobody's truly planning on cramming 54 people into one of these in orbit, barring an extreme Seven Eves-style emergency.

bell-cot 2y ago
Big-picture...yes, likely. Though it also has a strong "of course we'll use it for our group photo backdrop" vibe. Small-picture...I don't think whoever did the article is really aware of the big picture.
dmd 2y ago
On the other hand, the situation kind of reminds me of the Boeing/Airbus promotional materials for new planes where they nearly always show it in the "hyperrich Saudi prince" configuration - piano, lounge, bar, maybe a dozen people in a 787-sized cabin. So, pessimistically, one of these is gonna end up crammed with 200 people not 54.
- pavel_lishin 2y ago
  I think if space travel were as common as air travel, sure - but right now, nobody with a net worth of under a million is going into orbit except as part of a national space agency.
  - davedx 2y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inspiration4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inspiration4
- evilduck 2y ago
  On the plus side, with 200 people if you just rotate people around regularly you can significantly reduce the radiation exposure of those on the inside of the cluster and their total exposure while in space. Their body and water mass surely make for a decent shield. Or again, realistically with humanity being humanity, whatever disadvantaged group emerges in space will end up as the shield layer.
__MatrixMan__ 2y ago
I agree, but I still found myself agonizing at the idea of spending a few months with 54 people in such a configuration. Better would be to embrace the absurdity of filling a space capsule with only one type of thing. Show me an image of how many bananas it can hold.
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- exe34 2y ago
  how many swimming pools?
  - itishappy 2y ago
    They don't state the volume directly, instead claiming it's roughly half that of the ISS. According to Wikipedia the ISS is 1,005 m^3 and an Olympic-size swimming pool holds 2500 m^3. That would place this module at about 500 m^3 or 20% of a swimming pool. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic-size_swimming_pool https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic-size_swimming_pool Edit: This random Reddit thread says bananas are 156.1 cm^2 and pack with 65% efficiency. That means the module would hold about 2 million bananas. https://www.reddit.com/r/theydidthemath/comments/rdiyis/request_assuming_the_bananas_are_normal_size_how/ https://www.reddit.com/r/theydidthemath/comments/rdiyis/requ...

bell-cot 2y ago

Big-picture...yes, likely. Though it also has a strong "of course we'll use it for our group photo backdrop" vibe. Small-picture...I don't think whoever did the article is really aware of the big picture.

dmd 2y ago

On the other hand, the situation kind of reminds me of the Boeing/Airbus promotional materials for new planes where they nearly always show it in the "hyperrich Saudi prince" configuration - piano, lounge, bar, maybe a dozen people in a 787-sized cabin. So, pessimistically, one of these is gonna end up crammed with 200 people not 54.

pavel_lishin 2y ago
I think if space travel were as common as air travel, sure - but right now, nobody with a net worth of under a million is going into orbit except as part of a national space agency.
- davedx 2y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inspiration4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inspiration4
evilduck 2y ago
On the plus side, with 200 people if you just rotate people around regularly you can significantly reduce the radiation exposure of those on the inside of the cluster and their total exposure while in space. Their body and water mass surely make for a decent shield. Or again, realistically with humanity being humanity, whatever disadvantaged group emerges in space will end up as the shield layer.

__MatrixMan__ 2y ago

I agree, but I still found myself agonizing at the idea of spending a few months with 54 people in such a configuration. Better would be to embrace the absurdity of filling a space capsule with only one type of thing. Show me an image of how many bananas it can hold.

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exe34 2y ago
how many swimming pools?
- itishappy 2y ago
  They don't state the volume directly, instead claiming it's roughly half that of the ISS. According to Wikipedia the ISS is 1,005 m^3 and an Olympic-size swimming pool holds 2500 m^3. That would place this module at about 500 m^3 or 20% of a swimming pool. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic-size_swimming_pool https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic-size_swimming_pool Edit: This random Reddit thread says bananas are 156.1 cm^2 and pack with 65% efficiency. That means the module would hold about 2 million bananas. https://www.reddit.com/r/theydidthemath/comments/rdiyis/request_assuming_the_bananas_are_normal_size_how/ https://www.reddit.com/r/theydidthemath/comments/rdiyis/requ...