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 Noordung
(real name Hermann Potocnik) was the first man to put forward a
serious space station design. His three-part station included
two solar power collectors, a free-floating machine module, and a
habitat ring. Set in geosynchronous orbit, Noordung's station was to
be used for chemical and physical experiments, astronomical
observations, mapping the Earth, and monitoring shipping.
Assuming nothing got tangled in those cables, that is.
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habitat ring is particularly interesting, because it is the first
example of what would become a common sight in space station
proposals: the rotating ring, which would provide artificial gravity
by centrifugal force. It's actually a very neat little design
and when he put in a spiral staircase, he meant a spiral staircase. |
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