NASA 1988–1991 rotating advanced-technology space station studies

Summary of what the thread established

  • Queijo et al. 1988 (NASA CR 178345): "Analysis of a rotating advanced-technology space station for the year 2025", with 227 t payloads and a reusable 126.5 m two-stage RTLS rocket LMT, 2023-09-29.
  • It used counter-rotating inertial balance tanks LMT, 2024-08-02. A counter-rotating mass of 1300 t at 10 rpm Twark_Main, 2023-11-16.
  • Garrett et al. 1991: "Benefits from synergies and advanced technologies for an advanced-technology space station" LMT, 2023-09-29.
  • NTRS numbers first shared in 2015: 19910002472, 19880010196, 19880017013, 19890004111 lkm, 2014-11-30.
  • Related: the NASA 2002 DPT/NExT "Artificial Gravity Status and Options" RonM, 2015-02-28. A NASA study (~2006) of a hub with a Canfield joint cuddihy, 2014-02-17. A NASA TransHab + tensegrity girder + nuclear-reactor counterweight study (~30 m radius) Lampyridae, 2016-01-13.

Open questions

  • Do the Queijo 1988 counter-rotating balance-tank results apply to Starship-era stations?

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External references

  • Queijo, M. J. et al. (1988). NASA CR-178345.
  • Garrett et al. (1991), NASA.