redesign of ONeill cylinder mirrors

Michael Capriola wrote:

>"levi1_ca" wrote:
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>>all references I have heard of the mirrors for O'Neill cylinders
>>
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>have them running the entire length of the cylinder
>would it not be more practical to design it with 6 half length
>

Why to rotate them anyway? With only twice the mirror surface you can
build them non-rotating.
Note that mirrors that large will most certainly consist of smaller
mirrors anyway.

Guess how much structural mass you can save without artificial gravity
on the mirrors?
Much more than a factor of two, I'd say.

(Buy the way, this is not my idea. Got it from the "Rosinante"-Books
written by some
Alexis A. Gilliland.)