Plants

& Trees

Biosphere

The Space Travelers Web Site!

This is not just science fiction. By Richard Doran

Gardens

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Living space requirements for habitat design.

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Planting Habitat, Typical Concept

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Additional reading:.

"Go Forth and Multiply" by Lance Frazer; .

Ad Astra Mag. Jun. 1989.

Space Resources and Space Settlements"

by Gerard K. O'Neill NASA SP-428 1979

"Living Aloft" by Connors, Harrison & Akins;

NASA SP-483 1985

"An Overview of Artificial Gravity" by Ralph W. Stone

jr.; NASA SP-314 1973

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Rotating two (2) level space habitat – Side view through habitat with solar panels and lander

References:

Standard Handbook Of Engineering Calculations, Second Edition

Published by McGraw Hill, Edited by Tyler G. Hicks, P.E., 1972,

ISBN 0-07-028735-X Pages 8.12 to 8.18

Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers, Ninth Edition

Published by McGraw Hill, Edited by Eugene A. Avallone & Theodore Baumeister III, 1987,

ISBN 0-07-004127-X

Section 11.5, Page 11-95 to 11-97, Rockets

Section 11.6 Astronautics,

Introduction To Flight, Third Edition

Published by McGraw Hill, Written by John D. Anderson, Jr., 1989,

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