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aren't rockets like the starship almost the opposite of what you want in a space station? They want to minimize the integrity of the rocket as much as possible
by xavxav 10mo ago
aren't rockets like the starship almost the opposite of what you want in a space station? They want to minimize the integrity of the rocket as much as possible (without blowing up) to reduce the mass while for a station you want robustness (for pressure & impacts).
- avmich 10mo agoStarship tanks likely hold several bars of pressure and survive transportation to orbit...
- aDyslecticCrow 10mo agoThat is actually with the caviat that the internal pressure help structurally a bit. But that is still plenty for a gentle rotation in otbit and 1 bar of pressure. And if the plan is to do this; you want to prepare the rocket for this purpose anyway so nothing stops you from making a thicker wall and sacrificing payload capacity since the hull is the payload.
- m4rtink 10mo agoStarship is also meant to be reusable, so there is an additional margin already built in.