rabbit trail (was Physics Question on PressuVessels)

Noo! Don't say that! (I do actually agree with you... I just don't
want to hear it.) We may yet be surprised. ;)

Space resorts, and I'd personally like to see some agriculture up
there to help support it. Nothing really huge. Keep things nice and
believable for the investor types. I wonder how much government types
would pay to get food for astronauts up there instead of shipping it.
Wonder if there's a way to bootstrap it that way...

Joe

--- In spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com, "oevega" wrote:
> Dear friends:
>
> I believe space settlement won't be a reality in the near future.
> However, we may see in our lifetimes some "space-resorts" made of
> artificial gravity hotels. Space turism is the way to go by know, I
> think.
>
> In the long term, however, centuries from the present time I guess,
> It will be much practical to construct huge space cities around far
> away planets, rather that trying to "terraforming" them. In that
> scenario it is not impossible to predict space colonies of the size
> of small worlds, capable of sustaining the life of hundred of
> thousand people.
>
> I think space settlement is a long term adventure. And in those
> artificial environment I do not foresee any insurmontable technical
> challenge.
>
> Omar
>
> --- In spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com, "victoriatangoman"
> wrote:
> > --- In spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com, "ANTIcarrot"
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Besides I don't imagine there will be any 100,000ton football
> > stadiums or
> > > skyscrapers insides. ;)
> >
> > Yeah, I don't think we'll be seeing the skyline of Manhatten in
> > orbit anytime soon, however, I do think that there will certainly
> be
> > multi-story buildings considering the scarcity of ground area
> > compared to vertical space. It'll make sense to build upwards and
> > conserve ground space. A single story home doesn't amount to too
> > much mass/cm^2 but how about multi-story buildings?
> >
> > Besides, will the human habition mass be distributed evenly or
will
> > there be clusters of different mass densities throughout the
> > Habitat? If so, how will this mass loading be distributed
according