Difference between revisions of "Space habitats"
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[[Image:Stanford torus.jpg|250px|thumb|Stanford torus space habitat]] | [[Image:Stanford torus.jpg|250px|thumb|Stanford torus space habitat]] | ||
[[Image:O'Neill cylinders.jpg|250px|thumb|A pair of O'Neill cylinder habitats]] | [[Image:O'Neill cylinders.jpg|250px|thumb|A pair of O'Neill cylinder habitats]] | ||
− | [[Image:Rama-view1-n15.jpg|250px|thumb|Inside a large landscaped cylindrical habitat]] | + | [[Image:Rama-view1-n15.jpg|250px|thumb|Inside a large landscaped cylindrical habitat (credit: [http://ebruneton.free.fr Eric Bruneton])]] |
Space is a very harsh environment and it may be hard to imagine wanting to live in such a seemingly bleak place, but taming it is only a matter of some (admittedly fairly serious) engineering and is entirely within our current technical capability. | Space is a very harsh environment and it may be hard to imagine wanting to live in such a seemingly bleak place, but taming it is only a matter of some (admittedly fairly serious) engineering and is entirely within our current technical capability. |
Revision as of 00:38, 25 December 2008
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