Rotating wheel space station
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A rotating wheel space station, is a concept for a hypothetical wheel-shaped space station which rotates, to produce artificial gravity. It was originally proposed by Herman Potočnik in 1929, which wa
Rotating wheel space station concept by Wernher von Braun (illustration by Chesley Bonestel, 1952).
Comfort chart for artificial gravity by rotation (shades illustrate zones of disagreement in the science literature)
Depiction of the first detailed description and drawings of a rotating wheel space station (The Problem of Space Travel - Vienna, 1928) by Herman Potočnik, also known as Hermann Noordung, which inspired later designs
A drawing of people floating in an orbital rotating greenhouse by Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (1933)
Bishop ring (habitat)
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A Bishop ring is a type of hypothetical rotating wheel space station originally proposed in 1997 by Forrest Bishop of the Institute of Atomic-Scale Engineering.
Rotating wheel space station
…artificial gravity through centripetal force. 2001: In the video game series Halo created by Bungie, the title refers to a planet-sized open ring (like a Bishop ring) that can harbor Earth-like fauna and environments by simulating gravity through its spinning. 2013: The Neill Blomkamp film Elysium has an enormous…
Artist's impression of an orbital from the "Culture" setting of Iain M. Banks