Habitat 2

Orbital Habitat Based on the famous Stanford Torus. The original Stanford Torus was designed to accommodate approximately 10, 000 people. As with the original concept, the idea is for this to be a permanent colony in space. It is home to the people who would build and maintain an array of solarpowersatellites. Sunlight and the Mirror Systems Other similarities with the Stanford Torus are the mirror systems used to direct sunlight into the colony. The primary sunmirror is a disc approximately 2km in diameter composed of aluminium coated mylar film, or similar material. The mirror directs sunlight to the secondary conical mirror array. The conical mirrors are composed of panels that can be tilted to direct light away or towards the inner surface of the colony, in order to simulate the nightday cycle. By varying the day length, seasons can be simulated as well. Radiation Shielding