GLS2: Artificial Gravity for Space Xs Starship
Why go to mars like it s 1995 if artificial gravity can be practical by 2024 Skip Intro: 2:07 Spin Grav Propulsion Math: 7:13 Why Gravity is Important: 5:59 This is a concept that I am describing with an animation. The design as seen in the animation is just a visual representation and will likely be improved in future versions. The goal of the Gravity Link Starship concept is to provide a spin gravity that reuses the main engines, taps left over fuel, and avoids impractical space construction and spacewalks. The GLS is basically a hub ship, like the hub of a wheel. Instead of humans and cargo the payload bay of the GLS is filled with truss that can robotically fold out and lock into place serving as the wheel s spokes. Once on the way to a distant destination like Mars, 2 Passenger Starships will make their approach to the attachment points at the ends of the deployed truss. Once attached, one Starship remains
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