Art by John Polgreen from “Space Stations” by Willy Ley. Poughkeepsie: Guild Press, (1958}
Two floors in the rim, each nine feet high, are the inhabited areas in the space station. Above and below the inhabited areas are three-foot high compartments for storage, water tanks, air conditioning ducts, electrical cables and similar equipment.
What separates the outside from the inside of the space station “is the meteor bumper – a thin sheet of metal which stops the grains of cosmic dust that fly through space – and a skin of reinforced plastic which keeps air in. Either nylon or wire mesh is imbedded in the plastic, making it strong and light. This plastic is stretched over metal ribs which give the rim its shape and provide additional strength.” [Summarizing and Quoting from the text]
Art by John Polgreen from “Space Stations” by Willy Ley. Poughkeepsie: Guild Press, (1958}
Two floors in the rim, each nine feet high, are the inhabited areas in the space station. Above and below the inhabited areas are three-foot high compartments for storage, water tanks, air conditioning ducts, electrical cables and similar equipment.
What separates the outside from the inside of the space station “is the meteor bumper – a thin sheet of metal which stops the grains of cosmic dust that fly through space – and a skin of reinforced plastic which keeps air in. Either nylon or wire mesh is imbedded in the plastic, making it strong and light. This plastic is stretched over metal ribs which give the rim its shape and provide additional strength.” [Summarizing and Quoting from the text]