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GlennClovis β WIP - Island 4
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Published: 2012-04-12 15:18:34 +0000 UTC; Views: 11122; Favourites: 163; Downloads: 393
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One more view.Work in Progress - An interpretation of next generation of the O'Neill Island 3 Cylinder, this being Island 4. Consisting of 8 cylinders rotating on 4 axes tied to a common ring anchored to a smaller asteroid. Each cylinder is approximately 5 miles (8.0km) in diameter and 20 miles (32km) long, similar to the Island 3 cylinders.
In lieu of mirrors, each cylinder is banked by an array of screens, similar to photovoltaic panels, performing the job of generating electricity from sunlight, shielding the cylinders from radiation and redirecting/filtering sunlight, regardless of the position of the sun in relation to the cylinder windows.
Created primarily Cinema4D
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O'neill reminds me of Jack O'neill from Stargate XD
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Nice station design. Would like to see the complete version.
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This is an excellent design!Β Β Your designs are awesome; will you be doing a spec sheet for this station design. Β Β Β
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That's super cool ! Kim Stanley Robinson (check "2312") imagined similar stuffs.
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Cool design and work so far 
I wonder though, if the irregular shape of the asteroid would affect the rotation of the whole structure, the asteroid being "heavier" towards one end than the other (which occurs in anything that isn't a sphere or other perfect shape) might be the cause of some rotational "wobbling". But that's just me getting too far into the aspect of physics that I actually know
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... Also that is an incredible amount of structures and material needed to place a base on a "small" rock, prob only yielding 5% resources in return... BUT STILL AWESOME!!
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This is looking fantastic. I'm actually jealous I didn't think of it!
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