Island A

>>>>>Rotation seems to me to be a nice-to-have rather than a minimal
requirement
>for an initial orbital workshop.>>>>
>
> The idea of keeping a large number of workers in zero-g for months
or years at
>a time, seems a bit dubious to me. When they get back to Earth and
suddenly find
>that their bones are brittle due to de-mineralisation, are we likely
to get
>sued?

Why the assumption that workers are required for this operation?
Couldn't be same thing be done by semi telerobotic operation with
only a common support structure and minimal sheilding. Every machine
and process used for the construction shack will be specially designed
so why not design for zero human presence?

Mitchell James
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