transportation in space settlements?

On Sep 9, 2014, at 8:00 AM, Ian Woollard ian.woollard@... [spacesettlers] wrote:

> I would expect this to have impact on architecture. On Earth, you have to build UP from the ground, but in a habitat you can hang down, if you're going to any great height, it uses a lot less materials to do that than build up. And people usually quite like being up high.
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I would expect that a combination of the two might be best. You dont want to just hang you might start swinging! However, taking some of the load by hanging buildings can reduce the stress on the hull and thus reduce the mass necessary.
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I would expect this to have impact on architecture. On Earth, you have to build UP from the ground, but in a habitat you can hang down, if you're going to any great height, it uses a lot less materials to do that than build up. And people usually quite like being up high.
I would expect that a combination of the two might be best. You dont want to just hang you might start swinging! However, taking some of the load by hanging buildings can reduce the stress on the hull and thus reduce the mass necessary.