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A space settlement is a settlement in outer space, sustaining more extensively habitation facilities in space than a general space station or spacecraft. Possibly including closed ecological systems,
A Stanford torus interior (cutaway view)
Interior view of a large scale O'Neill cylinder, showing alternating land and window stripes
"The Brick Moon" – a 1869 serial by Edward Everett Hale – was the first fictional space station or habitat. (Described by other sources as a station or habitat.)
A pair of O'Neill cylinders
O'Neill cylinder
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An O'Neill cylinder is a space settlement concept proposed by American physicist Gerard K. O'Neill in his 1976 book The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space. O'Neill proposed the colonization of spa
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…example, by having random artificial weather, or vegetation developing in a natural way). The two common original concepts are the Bernal sphere and the O'Neill cylinder. A dumbbell-like spacecraft or habitat, connected by a cable to a counterweight or other habitat. This design has been proposed as a Mars ship, initial…
An impression of the interior of an O'Neill cylinder by Don Davis, showing the curvature of the inner surface.
Artist's depiction of the interior of an O'Neill cylinder, illuminated by reflected sunlight