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Re: Space stations?
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Thu, 23 Sep 1999 22:49:36 GMT
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"Tom McDonald" <radiotitan@spamcake.yahoo.com> writes:
> I've noticed that, even with a 4-pin docking support that the M3 has,
> other craft of significant length and weight (say another M3), will pull • out
> if unsupported, though the walls around the docking port of each module
> survived okay. The real strength (and this could be true IRL) would be • how the
> modules would be arranged, that is, using other modules to build a • stable
> physical matrix, perhaps a cube or something similar, so that no one
> connection is supporting all the mass.
If this is a space station, gravity isn't necessarily a concern.
Connections could be weak if the station was assembled in orbit and
stayed in orbit.
--Bram
Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com
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| (...) That's quite true. But I was thinking of situations where gravity would have some small influence on the station itself, perhaps with cumulative effects over time, such as being in a planet's orbit with a nearby moon pulling at it, however (...) (25 years ago, 24-Sep-99, to lugnet.space)
| | | Re: Space stations?
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| (...) True. But I was thinking about if I wanted to actually build something. You know, without the computer. Steve (25 years ago, 24-Sep-99, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) very (...) Hmm, now that you mention it, mine sticks a bit too. "Snug" or "tight" would be appropriate terms for the M3 pocket doors. But that's because they're pocket types, the basic design concept that we both used. You've completely (...) (25 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.space)
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