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--- In spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Capriola"
wrote:
> "victoriatangoman" wrote:
>
> capacity, will
> be the limiting factor.>
>
> Well, of course.
> As I've said, the number and capacity of habitats will be built
based on
> need.
>
> To answer some of your other questions, I don't think they'll put a
halt on
> immigration. If it looks like there's a steady influx of new people,
> they'll start construction on new habitats beforehand. Supply and
Demand --
> it looks like people need new housing, so we build new housing.
>
> The 10-million person habitat: Yeah, O'Neil was trying to impress
people
> with just how large this things could be, but we've forgotten that
we'd need
> TWO cylinders linked at the 'poles' and rotating in different
directions to
> counter torque effects. Now we're talking a city of 20 million in
paired
> cylinders. Don't expect to see one built even in my grandchildren's
time.
> ;)
>
> And no, I doubt we'll built a 10,000 person habitat to hold a mere
500.
> Unless, of course, it looks likely to be filled up within a certain
time
> period.
>
> > of time it takes to replicate the Habitat shell itself. So if it take[s]
> 10 years to build a Habitat, of whatever size, then plan on taking 10
> years to fill up the first Habitat. A planned growth so to speak.>
>
> This is where the Planning Commission is going to have headaches and
ulcers.
> ;) Here on Earth, overcrowding can be dealt with by building
new houses
> in the suburbs within a short period of time. In space, you'd have
to build
> a whole new habitat ahead of time.
>
> We might start out with a bunch of 'villages' of 1000-person
capacity with
> 50% actual occupancy, and as they fill up, we'd start to think about
> building that 10,000-person habitat. And then another. By the
time you
> have a dozen or so of those filling up, then you think about an even
larger
> habitat that is going to be settled by the overflow from all the 10,000
> capacity towns. The small, 1000-capacity 'villages' might even be
abandoned
> at some point as being too old and expensive to maintain. Or people
might
> live there temporarily while they wait for a chance to move to a
bigger and
> better habitat.
>
> Again, the Planning Commission is going to need very accurate
forecasts of
> population growth in order to know when to start new habitat
construction
> and where.
>
> And you raise an interesting question: Just how long will it take
to build
> a habitat of N-capacity?
>
> Anyone have an answer to that question?