Pressuvessels for Space Habs

> On Jul 23, 2018, at 6:04 AM, 'Combs, Mike' mikecombs@... [spacesettlers] wrote:
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> > Interior hulls make for a lot of space. Why they arent more popular is beyond me.
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> It just depends on your design goal. If your design goal is to house the maximum number of people in the minimum pressurized, shielded volume, and find small metal rooms with artificial illumination acceptable, then multiple decks is the way to go.
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There is no particular reason interior hulls mean small living quarters in the 1g region. For a same sized system, it actually means larger rooms as, for example, much of the life support (which takes a lot of space) can go in the interior hulls.

> If your goal is to recreate some of the most attractive land area we ever see here on Earth (ONeills design goal), then you want large open spaces overhead (volumes perhaps even enough to enable natural weather), creating a sense of sky,
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Without interior hulls you dont get sky you get an overhead view of your neighbors back yard (and other stuff). The outside of the largest interior hull is your sky and can be used as structure for LED lighting whos color can be controlled for a variety of effects including Earth-like skys.

> preferably with natural sunlight, then designs more like what we saw in The High Frontier are called for.
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> It isnt that the people advocating the latter are just missing some essential point; they just have a design goal which differs from that others might have.
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> Regards,
> Mike Combs
>

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> Interior hulls make for a lot of space. Why they arent more popular is beyond me.
It just depends on your design goal. If your design goal is to house the maximum number of people in the minimum pressurized, shielded volume, and find small metal rooms with artificial illumination acceptable, then multiple decks is the way to go.
There is no particular reason interior hulls mean small living quarters in the 1g region. For a same sized system, it actually means larger rooms as, for example, much of the life support (which takes a lot of space) can go in the interior hulls.
If your goal is to recreate some of the most attractive land area we ever see here on Earth (ONeills design goal), then you want large open spaces overhead (volumes perhaps even enough to enable natural weather), creating a sense of sky,
Without interior hulls you dont get sky you get an overhead view of your neighbors back yard (and other stuff). The outside of the largest interior hull is your sky and can be used as structure for LED lighting whos color can be controlled for a variety of effects including Earth-like skys.
preferably with natural sunlight, then designs more like what we saw in The High Frontier are called for.

It isnt that the people advocating the latter are just missing some essential point; they just have a design goal which differs from that others might have.
Regards,

Mike Combs