Titan (Varley novel)
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Titan is a science fiction novel by American writer John Varley, the first book in his Gaea Trilogy, published in 1979. It won the 1980 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel and was nominated for
Cover of first edition (hardcover)
Stanford torus
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The Stanford torus is a proposed NASA design for a space settlement capable of housing 10,000 permanent residents. It is a type of rotating wheel space station, consisting of a ring with a diameter of
Titan (Varley novel)
…physician Calvin Greene and engineer Bill (whose last name is never given). As they reach the satellite they realize it is a huge hollow torus, a Stanford torus habitat. Before they can report this, the ship is entangled in cables from the object. The crew is rendered unconscious and later wake up inside the…
Exterior view of a Stanford torus. Bottom center is the non-rotating primary solar mirror, which reflects sunlight onto the angled ring of secondary mirrors around the hub. Painting by Donald E. Davis.
Interior of a Stanford torus, painted by Donald E. Davis
A NASA lunar base concept with a mass driver (the long structure that extends toward the horizon)
External view of a Stanford torus with some of the radiation-shielding "chevron" mirrors removed to show interior space