NASA Ames Research
Center -- interior
illustration
(Stanford
Torus proposal for space settlements housing 10,000+ each)
Currently, there are no active plans to develop large Space Settlements in the Solar System. Construction proposals for large habitats in orbit around Sol that would provide pseudo-gravity through facility rotation were developed during the 1970s, however.
Intro - overview by Oscar Coombs.
Design - topical issues.
1975 Study - collected by Al Globus and Bryan Yager at NAS/NASA.
Art Gallery - collected by Al Globus and Bryan Yager at NAS/NASA.
NASA Ames Research
Center
Larger and
jumbo
images
Stanford
Torus colony with Solar mirror
and active and passive radiation shields
would rotate to provide pseudo-gravity.
NASA Ames Research
Center
Larger image
"Suburban" residential layout
proposed for
Stanford
Torus colony.
NASA -- larger and
jumbo
images
Student's
dorm
room on a space
station or colony.
NASA Ames Research
Center --
interior illustration
Bernal Sphere Proposal for 100,000+ is about one mile (1.6 km)
in diameter
with additional toroidal cylinders for farming
NASA Ames
Research Center --
interior illustration
O'Neill Cylinder Proposal
for 1,000,000+ is four miles (6.4 km) in diameter and 20 miles (32 km)
long, with a deep enough atmosphere to have blue skies, clouds, and
rainfall