Habitats

sysop's picture
Submitted by sysop on Thu, 08/20/2009 - 19:50

Being our running list of Habitat entries, please add any new Habitats you create to this list so we can easily find them.

==Cole Bubble==
Being our running list of Habitat entries, please add any new Habitats you create to this list so we can easily find them.

Cole Bubble

Cole bubbles are generated by drilling into an asteroid and filling the hole left with water, capping the hole, then heating the whole asteroid with a solar mirror array and spinning the asteroid. This causes the water in the asteroid to vaporize and expand and the metal of the asteroid softens and stretch in a process like inflating a balloon. The spinning of the asteroid makes it more of a cylinder than a sphere. This stretching leaves a relatively smooth surface on which to build a habitat with a large surface area to work on.

O'Neil Cylinder

Torus

Tori are habitats that have a wagon wheel structure with a outer ring(or several concentric rings) spun for gravity and spokes leading to a central hub. One of the most common designs involves orienting the wheel to be on edge to the sun and placing a mirror at a 45 degree angle to the habitat to reflect light on another set of mirrors which reaches the habitat though windows on its inward edge. This is done to minimize the radiation shielding needed.

Hamilton Cylinders

Known Habitats

Additional Habitats

Categories

 

Sources

 

Glossary

A full list of all articles in the wiki can be found here: The Wiki Index