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Re: Stacking Moonbases
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lugnet.space
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Fri, 5 Sep 2003 01:59:00 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Aaron Sneary wrote:
Whoa! How about having a larger standard internal diameter for vertical
corridors? That would allow a bit more flexibility on how the corridors
transport things vertically. I’d hate to have the standard mandate ladders or
“antigravity devices”. I prefer mechanical lifts.
How about an 8x8 lift tube for people, and a 16x16 lift tube for cargo?
I agree with Jordan about just one vertical tube per module - more seems like
overkill (but I would use additional non-tube stanchions for supporting upper
modules as I think that flat module surfaces touching wouldn’t look any good).
The real problem is where the standard place should be. Central would be
neatest, but there’s real benefit from placing a lift bay to the side if a
module has a large enclosure.
I’m leaning towards saying that the standard specify a vertical module
separation (does it have that already?) and positions for supports, but that
they needn’t be tubes - and leave that to modules built specifically for it i.e.
To go to an upper module, a minifig would travel to a nearby “lift module”, go
upstairs, then horizontally out to the destination module. That way, groups
designing a moonbase can plan ahead to make sure they have an adequate number of
“lift modules”. Note that a “lift module” needn’t be merely for lifts - it can
still have a cool primary purpose e.g. a multi-level space hotel.
Cheers,
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| (...) If you're going to get so complex as to build a lift, you might as well be making just a single moonbase that's very tall. Something like this one: (URL) After considering this some more, I'm thinking that having a vertical connection standard (...) (21 years ago, 5-Sep-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) Please understand that it is a VERY rough photoshop 'sketch' since I only had a few minutes in class to toss it together, but it will express my ideas to visual thinkers ok: (URL) Aaron S (21 years ago, 5-Sep-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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