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The "Stanford Torus". NASA scientists and engineers have designed a system for colonizing a permanent community in space. The illustration shows a space colony that looks like a giant wheel in space. The outer "tire" is a radiation shield built of compressed cinder block like lunar material. The central hub contains the docking station and communication antenna; six spokes connect the hub with the ring-shaped outer wheel and provide entry and exit to living and agricultural areas. To simulate Earth's normal gravity the entire habitat rotates at one revolution per minute about the central hub. The burnished disc that hangs suspended above the wheel is a floating mirror panel that reflects sunlight down onto slanted panels and into chevron shields that screen out cosmic rays.
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