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With what geometry would a McKendree cylinder be made of carbon nanotubes?
The goal of a McKendree cylinder is to achieve a larger radius than an O'Neill cylinder by using suitable very strong carbon allotropes instead of steel. The most obvious way to do this is to build a ...
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How much D2O does it take to power an interstellar generation ship O'Neill cylinder for 10,000 years?
Did I do the math right? I'm using full precision but write only 2 sig figs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_fusion#Criteria_and_candidates_for_terrestrial_reactions
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Radial variation of atmospheric pressure in rotating O'Neill cylinder-like ship? (Rendezvous with Rama)
Sir Arthur C. Clarke was a science writer as well as a prolific writer of science fiction (including hard SF*), and his stories usually had a substantial footing in science.
His book Rendezvous with ...
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