Apr 26, 2012 13:59:00

Various designs that became the basis of the space colony that appears in Gundam

The setting of '

Mobile Suit Gundam ' is to create a colony in space and move people to manage the overpopulated population on the earth, but it is such a huge artificial settlement. Space colonies actually come from ideas proposed in the 1970s. By rotating the living area, pseudo-gravity is generated like centrifugal force, and the nature on the earth is reproduced inside the colony, so people live in space just like they live on the earth. Will be possible. The space colony created by NASA up to the concrete plan had the following design.

Space Colony Artwork 1970
https://space.nss.org/settlement/nasa/70sArt/art.html

◆ Cylinder type (O'Neill type)
It is a tubular design proposed by Gerard O'Neill in 1974. We assume a population of 10 million per colony.

Many colonies float fluffy in space.

The inside is cold and inorganic ... but it feels like I brought some village as it is.

There is a bridge over the river. In the foreground, people in swimsuits relax and play in the river.

A mirror that reflects sunlight is installed on the outside of the window, creating day and night and seasonal changes. Reproduce the landscape of the earth as it is, with green spreading, clouds floating, and a solar eclipse.

◆ Donut type (torus type)

The Stanford Torus was designed in 1975. Assuming a population of 10,000, sunlight is captured by mirrors.

The inside looks like this. It looks like a housing complex.

The inside of the ring is like a wheel, with rods extending radially from the center. It is possible to move people and goods using this.

Even if it is ring-shaped like this, gravity is created by rotating the colony, and the inhabitants can walk normally.

It is also possible to go to other colonies by space car.

◆ Bernal sphere (Bernal sphere)
The Bernal sphere is a design proposed by JD Bernal in 1929. It is designed to accommodate 20,000 to 30,000 people in a large sphere.

This is a cross section of a sphere.

Even with the Bernal sphere, sunlight is reflected by a mirror and taken inside, so you can even have a dinner party in bright sunlight.

The coiled part is a farming space.

It looks like the crew of the colony are working.

These pictures and pictures about the universe are not only interesting in conception, but also very beautiful as pictures, and you can expand your dreams just by looking at them.