International Space Settler Society

Hi Lucio,

I must admit I've been looking at the space hotel scene also lately. I'm
attempting to write the first six episodes of a potential TV soap
situated in a space hotel right now so have had to do quite a bit of
research - and put considerable thought into what-would-happen-if type
scenarios.

The hotel the series is based on has four cross-shaped habitations (made
from launch rocket tanks) spinning - two in one direction and two in the
other - on long cables around the ends of a cylindrical centre that does
not spin itself. The cylindrical centre is where the zero-g facilities
such as the entrances and exits, gymnasium, space ballet theatre, and
various space industry businesses are situated. There are cable cars to
the habitations which are at 1 G.

There's an armoured centre to each cross to protect against radiation.
One cross is English speaking, one Russian speaking, one Japanase (they
own the hotel), and one variable. One arm of each cross is hydroponic
gardens, another is common rooms such as restaurant and dance floor
etc., and the other two are for crew and passengers' cabins.

As you'll appreciate, the regular characters are the crew, and they live
up there, with periodic holidays on Earth - for their health apart from
anything else. As you'll appreciate I have had all sorts of problems to
solve with this, and no doubt more will come up before I've finished,
but my point in bringing it up here is simply that this is an embryo
space settlement, at least for the crew.

Best wishes, Andy.

"Dr. Omni" wrote:

> From: "Ian Woollard"
> To:
> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 11:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [spacesettlers] International Space Settler Society
>
> [snikt]
> > I guess the only question is to whether we could include Tourism in
> > this; I think we could, as it's easy to see how a space hotel leads
> > to O'Neill settlements- in fact a space hotel may BE a standard
> > O'Neill structure.
> >
> When I said that our yet hypothetical I3S should stuck to the O'
> Neilian
> ideas, perhaps my statement was to restrictive. The O' Neilians idea
> that I
> was thinking of was the one commonly agree here: space habitats, not
> planetary surfaces, are the best place for a technological
> civilization.
> Now, the *ways* to finally materialize space settlements may indeed be
>
> pretty diversified. O' Neil thought of SSP, but now I think that space
>
> tourism is a very promising way to get there. And yes, a rotating
> space
> hotel in LEO can be seen as a kind of embryonic space settlement...
>
> [snikt]
> > --
> > - Ian Woollard (ian.woollard@...)
> >
> > "Is a planetary surface the right place for an expanding
> > technological civilization?"
> > - Gerard O'Neill
>
> Lucio Coelho

>

I must admit I've been looking at the space hotel scene also lately.I'm attempting to write the first six episodes of a potential TV soap situatedin a space hotel right now so have had to do quite a bit of research -and put considerable thought into what-would-happen-if type scenarios.
The hotel the series is based on has four cross-shaped habitations (madefrom launch rocket tanks) spinning - two in one direction and two in theother - on long cables around the ends of a cylindrical centre that doesnot spin itself. The cylindrical centre is where the zero-g facilitiessuch as the entrances and exits, gymnasium, space ballet theatre, and variousspace industry businesses are situated. There are cable cars to the habitationswhich are at 1 G.
There's an armoured centre to each cross to protect against radiation.One cross is English speaking, one Russian speaking, one Japanase (theyown the hotel), and one variable. One arm of each cross is hydroponic gardens,another is common rooms such as restaurant and dance floor etc., and theother two are for crew and passengers' cabins.
As you'll appreciate, the regular characters are the crew, and theylive up there, with periodic holidays on Earth - for their health apartfrom anything else. As you'll appreciate I have had all sorts of problemsto solve with this, and no doubt more will come up before I've finished,but my point in bringing it up here is simply that this is an embryo spacesettlement, at least for the crew.
Best wishes, Andy.
"Dr. Omni" wrote:
From: "Ian Woollard"
To:
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 11:41 PM
Subject: Re: [spacesettlers] International Space Settler Society

[snikt]
> I guess the only question is to whether we could include Tourismin
> this; I think we could, as it's easy to see how a space hotelleads
> to O'Neill settlements- in fact a space hotel may BE a standard
> O'Neill structure.
>
When I said that our yet hypothetical I3S should stuck to the O'Neilian
ideas, perhaps my statement was to restrictive. The O' Neiliansidea that I
was thinking of was the one commonly agree here: space habitats,not
planetary surfaces, are the best place for a technological civilization.
Now, the *ways* to finally materialize space settlements may indeedbe
pretty diversified. O' Neil thought of SSP, but now I think thatspace
tourism is a very promising way to get there. And yes, a rotatingspace
hotel in LEO can be seen as a kind of embryonic space settlement...
[snikt]
> --
> - Ian Woollard (ian.woollard@...)
>
> "Is a planetary surface the right place for an expanding
> technological civilization?"
> - Gerard O'Neill
Lúcio Coelho

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