whitelancer64: 7 × BA330 per side station (2015)

Design summary

  • Layout. A central node plus 7 BA330s on each side (~200 m); 15 launches; 1.85 rpm gives Mars g in the outermost module and lunar g at ~43 m. Alternatively, a truss + tunnel variant O===O==[@]==O===O whitelancer64, 2015-11-10.
  • whitelancer64 also listed NASA CCSC-2 partners whitelancer64, 2023-06-16.

Critiques raised

  • A long chain of modules has the intermediate-axis and docking stability problems of dumbbells KelvinZero, 2015-11-12.

Open questions

  • Would joints between 14 chained modules carry the spin loads?

Sources

Forum posts

  • whitelancer64, 2015-11-10 (reply #750): 7 × BA330 station. Post.
  • KelvinZero, 2015-11-12 (reply #755): Docked capsule T-shape. Post.
  • whitelancer64, 2023-06-16 (reply #3878): CCSC-2 list. Post.