We could build this huge Space Station in 6 months

[@sqrt3101]

Man you made a grown up guy cry. It was a childhood dream to visit space. God bless you for success

[@curdev4930]

@@charles_preston noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[@PhilipFranklin-l4f]

Okay there may be holes or gaps here but what can we do to fill them in, stop being a naysayer and join in making Humanity better💪🏽💖♾️🖖🏽🙏🏻

[@caesar___27]

aint no god in space

[@I.Am.Nobody]

a torus is obsolete, I figured out anti gravity

[@noobikenoobi5580]

I feel like I just watched the most expensive episode of shark tank ever

[@johnrobertelardo9787]

Space Habitat Market is coming!

[@b0neme]

Yeah, and 2 years later, we still have crickets!

[@edsawyer5440]

Yes it is , but look what he has managed in years versus NASA's decades!

[@null-dev]

@@b0neme It is impossible to ignore how ambitious the idea is, it is optimistic to the point of absurdity. But the idea is also completely plausible, and while the creator gives many example of how to scale up the idea, you could also scale the idea down and still achieve similar results, just on a longer time frame. He describes a giant construction ring, with a whole bunch of automatic welding robots arranged in a circle. But you could also have just a single welding robot on the ring instead, and let it move on rails. And you can scale the ring up/down in size as well. His head may be in the clouds, but the mindset is 100% correct. Rapid, mass manufacturing of space stations using simple but reliable construction techniques. Leveraging existing technologies for science-fiction results. Taking the SpaceX techniques on building rockets and applying it towards building space stations. If I had money, I would fund this guy, but alas, I'm not the one who calls the shots around here.

[@russellwilliams3209]

Everyone calling out this guy for being 'too ambitious'----are too comfortable where we are today. We have lost our way and people like this are what we need to awaken innovation and exploration, so that our species can thrive. Otherwise, we will continue pushing our planet to the limits with no plan B.

[@Bitchslapper316]

Yeah we have to remember the U.S army had plans drawn up using the knowledge obtained from the Apollo missions to build large bases on the moon housing a few dozen soldiers. The funding (which was a lot) never came and that was 50 years ago. This stuff can be done if it is funded resourced.

[@Beanskiiii]

No you NPCs would rather be lied to and delude yourselves than to face the harsh realities of physics. You know you’re going to die soon so it feels good to hear sweet lies about space flight because that’s what you WANT to see/hear

[@msoares1221]

Sounds good in the future time line. Station's good ideas home sweet home

[@russellwilliams3209]

@@Bitchslapper316 Militarizing the moon is not the answer and will only cause problems between other countries, on the moon and here on Earth. What should be done, is the creation of a united nation space exploratory alliance, similar to NATO on earth, so as to leave geopolitical strifes on Earth and for focus and resources to be sourced to the bigger picture, human survival and expansion. Realistically, humanity should've at the very least set up some kind of moon base and or refueling station on the lunar surface by now. This could've been done during or shortly after the apollo missions, but again funding and politics got in the way of our species' growth.

[@Bitchslapper316]

@@russellwilliams3209 I'm never said they should militarize the moon. I'm saying they have had the ability to do so for 50 years.

[@jeromevincente2932]

Let’s build one for Venus and Mars before we try to land men on Mars. This way we have the secure technology to keep humans alive in Space for long periods.

[@KnowOne-at-All]

I can see a starship wearing two of these as the mars vehicle. Leaving a permanent spaceport in mars orbit which could serve as a supply depot, administration, scouting and cartography office etc. while the starships themselves act like shuttles to the surface and if used as habitat, the next load from earth would have a port to dock in without having to land

[@jimpanse9396]

all the people that dream of make it possible to build a village on mars or terraform it forget the gigantic mega problem. the elefant in the room... Mars has no fluid core anymore because they was too small hold it fluid and hot enough. Without this there is no magnetic field on planet mars. there will never again a magnetic field on mars. without a magnetic field, also the rest of the atmosphere will blown away from solar winds... this is why it is impossible to regenerate an atmosphere there for successful terraform it for make it a place for living. mars is died with the lost of its magnetic field. Build a bunch of space stations around the mars sounds good for the first moment. But it's not! on Earth orbit a space station is relative protected for a big part of solarwind and other cosmic rays. around mars it is not! all the shielding must be in the construction of the station itself. There are to ways to shield against rays. 1. you have a real big magnetic field. (this is impossible for a space station because it is not only the strength of the field it is also the size. the field must strong and big enough to change the way of real fast cosmic particles. this need way and time) 2. you must have strong materials thick enough to absorb the fast cosmic particles. this can be a wall of water or some metals like lead. both of them are too heavy for a space station. in video he talks about manufactoring the pieces for building torus anf other parts in the "vespertine" station. but the material must also transported into the station... this is no advantage without grabbing this material from asteroids, the moon ot other places with less gravitation. the technical possibilitie to do this does not exist now. this is a huge new way of technology we have to invent and realize. this need at least 50 years when we really want do this. the last question of all to all the great ideas and interesting conepts will be... WHY??? what is the benefit for mankind? without the possibility to reach outer worlds with planets where living is possible... this is burned money. mankind is not made to live outside the earth biosphere. this is not possible for real long time. with technics and understanding physics of today this is not an option. this will be Science-Fiction. I love Science-Fiction but only in books and movies. this is a nice story for a novell, but not more! It will be a better idea to safe all the money that should burned for this ideas and make earth a safer place for live!

[@jichaelmorgan3796]

We could make something like this float in the clouds of Venua.

[@jameswills7927]

@@jimpanse9396yikes …

[@Qingeaton]

@@jimpanse9396 I love the dreaming part and the engineering to overcome problems part, but the practical part, as you said, is missing.

[@Nanocology]

As an Australian, may I use an American turn of phrase I've heard used for a different reason, "Thank you for your service." The implications of what you've acheived...seriously, thank you. You guys are paving the uphill road.

[@mariano7699]

Yeah, veterans had been forced in homeless path.

[@benzene_sandwich]

Many people don't realise that this dude has no clue what he is doing and VERA station will never exist.

[@Nanocology]

@@benzene_sandwich Cite the basis for this claim.

[@benzene_sandwich]

@@Nanocology This "project" has no actual basis. No funding, the "HQ" is a PO box, the designer in question has no engineering background, there are no schematics, no building plans whatsoever, there is no R&D department, the person in this video is the only employee of the company. I can go into specifics about how the concept itself would not work if you would like.

[@Nanocology]

@@benzene_sandwich I appreciate this kind of response. Thank you.

[@TheDon30740]

How does the Torus remove itself to build the last section? Absolutely love the vision, can't wait to see it a reality!

[@KallePihlajasaari]

Perhaps the torus is flexible enough to leave a gap for the builder to exit before the gap is closed. Alternately the builder could be split and be removed in two parts. The real problem is the cost of stations and the insurance against space impacts.

[@jantjarks7946]

The torus has to be assembled and thus will be disassembled roughly the same way.

[@cjshelley14]

It becomes part of the structure

[@BajiBalassa]

Great question. would be funny if they hadn't thought of that, but I'm sure they have. Too bad, that he does not reply here in the comments. He gives a play book presentation, but this one seems to be without question-time for the audience. What if I was a multi billionaire thinking about donating 10 billion to his company but I'm too shy to send him mails and instead do it anonymously here on KZbin? He'd loose 10 billion, just because he thinks I am a random idiot on KZbin, who plasters the comment sections with stupid things. Which couldn't be further from the truth. Questions over questions. Anyhow. We need people who think big. And when these people are also engineers, the better that is! Good luck "Gateway Spaceport"! PS: This guy is bold. "Mr. Bezos, this is your dream, we should meet.... Mr. Musk,... let's get together and talk about that". And the best is: I believe him, that he means it honest. Any maybe he would be capable.

[@Jaystarzgaming]

Separates in half or opens up on a point on a hinge if technologies are available then anything can be possible to have the job done. Or it could work as multiple drones that can separate when the job is done. These are just my theories and could be practical if real execution is carried out.

[@craigman04]

Can't fault the ambition, but the timeline is Elon level optimistic.

[@stusue9733]

Its really not that hard ;)

[@ivant5054]

@@jeffhaggarty9879 dunno about you mate but the FSD beta is damn good right now, barely need any disengagements as far as the Boring Company goes, they have delivered in all of their contracts so far, what's the problem there? Musk has never been involved in Hyperloop more than giving prize money to college students for a competition, I fail to see how is that a bad thing

[@jfandersson3223]

@@jeffhaggarty9879 Daft argument.

[@omsi-fanmark]

​@@SlimStarCraft Serious accusation! Any proof?

[@inertproductionsalternate9114]

Yet Elon hits most of his goals.

[@frenchfriar]

Excuse me for being skeptical, but I've been seeing these stations promised since 1968. I have no doubt they CAN be built, the method isn't all that different in theory than building the Saint Louis Arch. Build a section, and put sections together. I want to see this built certainly no later than 2029. It appears to be using practical designs borrowed from constructions as diverse as the Arch and tunnel construction. I'm sure the principles are sound. The question comes in when trying to fund it. The more that can be done the more quickly, the more investment will follow, but you have to get the first one made. I'd like to see both Bezos and Musk support this endeavor, but even if you only get the backing of the Arab Emirates, I want it to get built. I can hope to see such a station completed by my 70th birthday in 2031. I'd certainly like to see us go from the moonshot to orbital stations with artificial gravity before I'm gone. But that's a future I have been promised my whole life, and everyone has always said we were within ten years of achieving it. So excuse me for being skeptical. It's hard tp keep building hope and having it crushed.

[@Neuromancer2310]

The. America zog government is more concerned about homosexuality than building space station's

[@Voltaje_YT]

The reason we didnt have space stations, is that we didnt have comercial space programs, Nasa and other agencies have burocracy and Bad administration, musk could do it fast, but it is not his priority now, if he were yo announe it, them You could actually hope for it.

[@engineeredarmy1152]

2031 is still a long time to wait for

[@Merecir]

The thing that will make this a reality exist now (or very soon). Big reusable rockets, that will drive down the cost of going to orbit dramatically.

[@Merecir]

@@jeffhaggarty9879 Not SpaceX fault though. The FAA refuses to approve any more test flights.

[@TheBuckeyeJeff]

I love the optimism! That's what humanity needs.

[@ingridhohmann3523]

Agree,...the explorer spirit needs boosting !!!!!

[@ingridhohmann3523]

Vera looks great to me 👍

[@loafoffloof3420]

@@charles_prestonsays who? Humanity would have never gotten the idea of traveling to the moon or sending millions of satellites and space probes out of this world without the U.S. and what was the USSR deciding to compete against each other in the space race

[@subfreakuent]

Optimism....ugh. How about we start fixing our existential problems here on Earth first... All you dreamers are on about is leaving the planet behind. If we ever get to leave this planet (AI will be our great filter anyways), then we'd just start the same s*** all over again just somewhere else. Maybe its for the best that we'll get replaced by AI. Mankind is too inferior and barbaric to challenge the universe...

[@PhilipFranklin-l4f]

Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds; to seek out new life and new civilizations; to boldly go where no man has gone before! This introduction began every

[@martinbrown2421]

The real issue here is not space and the dangers of space, but rather the skill set and knowledge to maintain the sustainability of these projects.

[@skydaddy2692]

ur name suggests poppy pants

[@chelseafuller8412]

The maintenance is what I would be worried about

[@richarda996]

You forgot about deep pockets.

[@watalooboy50]

Conspiracy Theorists argued that there are already superhuman beings who will be running this projects. They are Hybrids of human and aliens DNA and Intelligent beings from other worlds.

[@krzysztofkowalski2816]

dear martin brown, if you are part of the team that got me fired for doing a good job and harassing for your goals you blow. And yes, like with the way you ignore the fact that youth need be fixing their own problems and not always the old glucks of times past swooping just to secure more short term money deals. If there are people like you in charge, how do you think Nasa space program looks today? These guys just use cell phones for videos today. I would be shocked if they still knew how to make refrigerators. And i mean the good ones.

[@edwardlobb931]

If Gateway Spaceport reaches fruition it will become the industry standard for attaining rotation induced gravity. No need to build larger diameter units bc the Tori can be center linked by corridor tubes ( envision a dual hub pickup with the tires representing Tori ). There could be any number of linked Tori, separated by Kilometer wide space sleds that that can be conjoined to form solar array configurations several Kilometers in length.

[@edwardturner1282]

Thank you for your innovative visions of the possible. I probably won't be alive to see this come to fruition, but I have followed developments for over 73 years. Make it happen.

[@ontoya1]

This man really makes me feel like going to college to get my engineering degree just to try to get hired to this company

[@jewellcarpenter6764]

And this is why you go to school, go ahead apply. 😔

[@VinnyVinceViper]

@@jewellcarpenter6764 Probably won't! sad but often we see good things but fail to embrace/chase them. @Denzel Fortune I felt like quitting smoking many times but never did, so are you going to college to become a Spacial Engineer or like me your going to chicken out?

[@jasminn.5269]

Yes, join!!! 👍🏼Up!!!

[@ontoya1]

Trust me guys I want you so badly but I'm poor and can't afford to accrue more debt. I wish higher learning wasn't behind so many walls. Especially STEM, there should be guilds, free as fuq. I'm 25 and I'm focusing more on building streams of income. Want some rich I could take all the classes I want! That's the plan at least. I'm a smoker too but if I'm immersed in an environment I'm hands on learning I'm a really good student.

[@remusveritas1014]

This "company" is a UPS delivery adress XD it doesnt exist, its a CGI generated scam, making ppl believe big things are coming to gather funds and then bale

[@Saint2CB]

this sounds almost too good to be true. To visit space as a tourist is one of my biggest desires in life. Seeing that is already happening while I‘m still in my 20‘s is amazing and gives me a lot hope for our species !

[@australiagreg3179]

yep, hold that thought.

[@JGLy22086]

I will never be able to visit one of these due to my age, but I will love to see it come to fruition!

[@Spindrift-id1ez]

That Spacecraft design is so cool looking, I'm a SciFy modeler and I think I'll try to scratch build a model of that thing :)

[@richardlandis793]

Odo can run security, and Quark can have his own bar. Live long and prosper, and may the Schwartz be with you. 🚀

[@shuxuanxu4939]

Very ambitious design. The production of a ground-based sample section would be very convincible by demonstrating the welding technique and the strength of the structure.

[@joho0]

It's not designed to withstand Earth's gravity and would buckle under its own weight.

[@friendlyroughai3319]

the problem not how you do it but more about who will fund it.

[@thefinn12345]

I'd like to see the pressurized safety doors that will go in it every 20 yards or so in case something hits it.

[@rickstorm4198]

If you install a water sprayer system with some type of filler you have a sealer for any small leaks. The cold temp of space will be the catalyst to seal it. Just something i thought about one day.

[@Jake12220]

A demonstration project would need to be done in space, but that shouldn't really be overly difficult other than the decent chunk of cash required. A perfect demonstration would simply have a far smaller torus made, either using far smaller machines doing a to scale version of the full project(lower weight) or more likely, using mid sized construction drones using say quarter radius panels into a small torus just to prove the principal (lower complexity and weight).

[@OZtwo]

This is EACTLY what we need. This would be the start of how we could start building Starships in SPACE and not be limited to what can be built on earth.

[@OZtwo]

@@jessepollard7132 Yes, but the welding part and what not has been figured out.

[@benzene_sandwich]

None of this is feasible. It will never be built.

[@Marcel-sf7ip]

If this is real, and I don't mean fake, this is a revolutionary and innovative way to construct something in space. Wow, hats off!

[@benzene_sandwich]

Unfortunatley there have been many videos debunking this as impossible.

[@kumbah2006]

@@benzene_sandwich There were many things thought to have been impossible, but are now possible. "The impossible takes just a little longer". :)

[@varietyegg]

​@@benzene_sandwichit's not impossible just hard do not underestimate human capabilities when they want something done😊

[@j7238]

This is exactly the sort of thinking and engineering we need to get off this rock. Tunnel boring machines were considered crazy and impossible, until one was built. Diff environment, bigger challenges, greater danger but the same idea. Excellent

[@marcozolo3536]

This is exactly how this could play out. They would be the tunnel boring company for space. The difference being that they would construct a pressurised torus every month.

[@johankriel8883]

Yes. NTBM's have been around for decades.

[@MyKharli]

? This is exactly the thinking for why we will never get of this rock..BS cgi and gormless fanbase .

[@johankriel8883]

@@MyKharli Gormless? Me learn new word thank you massah!

[@RickySpanish12344]

Yeah but it's already nonsense. They are showing people walking around, and that won't be possible. This concept for artificial gravity doesn't work because of how the spinning object may create a "similar" feeling of gravity, it completely fucks your inner ear, and balance. It has been considered before it would not work.

[@HappyLearner-jb7jp]

These designs are awesome, keep making them you legend.

[@The.Pickle]

There is a very good reason to use a segmented design; in the event of a collision or structural failure, airlocks can be sealed, saving inhabitants.

[@TheGatewaySpaceport]

Hi Pickle, the sheer volume of VERA Station would allow for big holes to leak air for days and still have plenty of air pressure. But we do have multiple plans to patch any holes, big and small quickly.

[@Chroniclerope]

@@TheGatewaySpaceport while smaller space debris is fine, what about incidents of larger holes being made? Such as a two meter rip. Unfortunately space debris is getting more and more common, so having segmented airlocks as a safety is a necessity, and simply having extra air isn’t the answer, no one wants to loose that much.

[@omsi-fanmark]

@@TheGatewaySpaceport Let's hope no one will be blown out into space until such holes are fixed. That's the problem with that air pressure, it's no good to you once you're out in space unprotected. But I'm sure you're not forgetting about that, or are you? ;-)

[@TheGatewaySpaceport]

@@omsi-fanmark All debris bigger than 1cm are tracked and warnings are given for any possible conjunction. VERA will move out of the way for the big ones just like ISS does.

[@cloudexmachina]

@@TheGatewaySpaceport theres also the posibility to use lasers to decompose and change trajectory of any incoming materials as well as small drones that would kamakazi into them. For the airthing a system of airlocks would still be preferential, just in case. Also you should look into production of oxigen in an oxygen farm, cause supplying such a big station regularly with oxygen would be a big hurdle. In the best case the stations would even be able to grow their own food on plantages.The space would be given

[@ankeu.a.wallace]

Finally !!! I've been waiting decade's & I'm sure others feel the same way !!! Thank you !!!😘💖 Will be sharing!!!! #SharingIsCaring❤

[@RogelMusic-pz5ec]

These are great ideas and presented well, but a few questions do occur : 1. How low would a seat cost at lowest price predictions ? 2. Have there been plans to protect against small meteors like up to the size of a bowling ball ? 3. Will the spaceport be able to travel by itself to its final stationary position and move out of the way to avoid large passing space rocks ? These are the first questions I thought of. There's probably a lot more from other followers .

[@stanleyhampton7185]

Micro meteors could be a big issue. And the larger the structure, the greater the chance of collisions. Thin aluminum structures are far from bullet proof. And impacts of tiny meteors are comparable to bullet strikes.

[@ArchBrethren]

According to my calculations: total surface area for the outer ring is 365,672.84m^2 volume=18,283.64 m^3 or 1,828,364 cm^3 2219 aluminum alloy = 2.84 g/cm^3 totaling in 519,255.43 Kg or 572.38 tonnes starship cargo volume = 1,144.53 m^3 starship cargo weight capacity = 150 tonnes 16 trips by volume not including the machine and your volume is so high that you'd fill the ship before reaching optimum volume/weight. So I'd recommend shipping the panels and the machine to save money :)

[@maxhoweth]

Thank you! That was my question... ballpark how many launches

[@Tech_Planet]

Are there plans to test a smaller prototype? How would you power the electron beam welders? I like the idea but it needs to be proven first then scaled up.

[@justingreen8572]

you can make small modular reactors to power just about anything for decades in space. The problem is that they become obsolete before they're run dry.

[@justingreen8572]

Something I don't get is why we don't use an older yet easier to design power generation system. You see, space might be cold, but direct sun exposure is well in excess of 250 degrees. Hot enough to boil water. using the shadow of a station would be a condenser. So the question is, why not use older technology to power stations for the life times of any station?

[@runsolo7418]

@@justingreen8572 One of my college teachers did work on the Canadarm project. He told us how liquids in zero gravity are damn near impossible to control. One side of the machine is as you said is at +250'C, the other is the opposite at close to absolute zero, so you have massive expansion/contraction/warping if the machine is rotating. Liquids are pumpable but if any air enters the system it's air locked. He said trying to lift water into space for steam was going to be super hard to work. Solar panels have no moving parts.

[@wojciechzielinski7825]

@@runsolo7418 but what if it would be rotating balloon, expanding and contracting. or even series of balloons pushing each other

[@ColdWarAviator]

This is a good question. Electron beam welder would require massive electrical input. As one of the commenters said: nuclear might be an option, but that has it's own set of problems. I'm wondering if a purpose built power supply might be possible. I'm picturing something using existing, proven technology (solar panels) connected to banks of heavy duty capacitors. The entire power supply would store electricity in the banks of capacitors and then the capacitor banks would act as the power supply. That way if there were problems with the capacitor banks only being able to store enough electricity to do pulse welding instead of continuous welding, it would just wait until it recharged and then do another pulse weld. If there were a problem because the solar array for some reason stopped working, then the electricity would remain stored in the capacitor banks until the problem was resolved. You're right to point out the need for testing and small scale prototypes... This is going to require a huge financial investment to get going... In fact it seems to me that this video is more or less a sort of "open letter" to Elon Musk... Pitching this system as an investment. The speaker pointed out at the beginning that he has patents. He owns the patent... Not a functional system. So this system is a good idea but it needs money. A few weeks ago Elon musk might have had enough to find this man's system, but with his purchase of Twitter, I don't think he's gonna have enough ready cash lying around to lay out another big investment on unproven technology. I also wonder if there are any working priorities around to see and play with.

[@LouisFazzi]

We need visionaries like this to make the future a reality. A genius with practical applications. This is true American innovation. Go for it!

[@jcole3217]

If I've learnt anything in construction, It's that NOTHING ever goes exactly like it's planned, and that's under normal conditions here on Earth. Imagine building this, in space and trying to meet your deadlines.

[@larryheath1195]

I agree - I have been in construction 40 years and not a single job was every completed without problems. I wonder how the solar heating of these panels that will expand and contract the panel which could stress the ring as it is built would effect the fit and even after completed. Tight welding joints will mean there will be large stresses on these joints as sun hits some panels and not others.

[@AStewSr]

@@larryheath1195 you do have a really good point there but My question to you would be. Hasn’t NASA figured that out already with the current international space Station? I’m not sure I’m just asking.

[@dsdy1205]

@@AStewSr No, NASA / ESA / Roscosmos performed all fabrication work on the ground, and the "construction" on orbit was done through very well-defined docking / mating interfaces. Performing actual on-orbit fabrication is still rather unproven. We've done patch jobs here and there yes, but nothing of the sort that would constitute a mature space fabrication capability.

[@sirierieott5882]

Love the confidence and ambition, the future needs these commodities.

[@witheringliberal2794]

I love his optimism. We need more folks like this in the world

[@HappyLearner-jb7jp]

This video should be the most trending video in the world.

[@simonmcguirk4164]

Please call the little transporter the StarBug in honour of Red Dwarf! Kat, Lister and Rimmer would love this!

[@B1-997]

and have stations named after them too!

[@patchesconway5957]

Big space craft is great yet so close. You'll are smart & well good Luck in that thing you'll need it for sure. Yet don't stop trying or believing.

[@jimpraud708]

I think space tourism is great but would love to see it designed to allow people to live there on a permanent basis. This is the way we should move to space and with these built further and further from our earth we can use them as stepping stones to the universe. Now hopefully we will see this in the near future.

[@Archangelcantu]

If all this is possible right now, why are we not all working together to reach a common goal. What's holding us back. Are Space X and Gateway working together, and if not, why not? Remember, united we stand, divided we fall. if we want to lead in the Space race, we need to work together.

[@RvnKnight]

I understand your concept and it is quite viable; I have a couple of suggestions that may help: Build a modular station as a jumping off point. Use said modular station as a dock and storage for materials. design a mining ship that is remotely monitored and controlled by a small team and then build a dozen or so of them. The trip to the asteroid belt is a while on its own and you may need a refueling station at least once, maybe twice, along the path, depending on how much burn time is needed. Near the belt have a refining yard that will be manned by the operators of the miners and another dozen or so personnel. to operate the refineries and the station itself. Use the mined materials to build and shape the panels, sending back a load at a time to the dock & storage location. It will cost you less in the long run to do it this way than to keep sending materials from the surface. As a bonus, any excess/unused material can be sold off and lowered into orbit. Ice can also be extracted to make at least 3 required items: Water, oxygen, and hydrogen. The hydrogen can have multiple uses, not the least of which would be fuel for the thrusters on the ships and to power hydrogen power plants to help offset solar power. The hydrogen power plants would also be able to run induction furnaces for refining the minerals in the asteroid belt. Creating a hydroponics system will help scrub out the CO2 and provide vegetable foods. Raising animals such as rabbits and fowl will also provide non-veg protein which will be required to help maintain muscle mass. The human and animal waste can be dehydrated and chopped up to become a basis for fertilizer for said hydroponics system. The additional animal products from the rabbits (fur, bone) and fowl (eggs, feathers, bone), will also be useful to those above systems. Your biggest issues would be entertainment and ensuring positioning. The latter is easy enough if beacons are placed at key points to help guide astro-navigation. Just the way i would approach the situation.

[@franciscook5819]

An appealing idea but a few questions off the top of my head. How do you close out the torus (requires some disassembly of the machine making it)? The illustrated machine would not be able to do it because the unattached side is many metres of straight machine tangential to the torus so it would interfere with the oldest section when trying to add the last few sections. How durable/what is the expected lifespan? What is the mass of the torus and the method of manoeuvre for raising the orbit as it declines, and for collision avoidance? What is the expected rate of meteorite/debris impact and what systems are in place to mitigate or prevent losses causes by same? What reserves of supplies (air, water at least) would be necessary for certified safety? Apart from space tourism, what use is this form of space station? It is not zero-g so has no manufacturing advantages over production on earth unless dedicated, non-rotating tori are built. But a dedicated, non-rotating sphere would be a safer and more efficient use of materials for zero-g manufacture. I'll stop there.

[@3dtexan890]

Sorry I asked this same question before I read your comment.

[@gravelydon7072]

Your thinking mirrors mine. The machine would be great for the bulk of the work but the problems come at the end. For the last of the segments, that machine would never work. Now two machines gets to be a bigger problem as one would have to get out of the way before the second would also have to get out of the ring. Depending on how big the machine is, that would determine how big a segment would have to be made that would be used to plug the gap. And then pushed into the gap. There you would need some kind of a ring that would be bolted/cam locked together to a mating ring on the larger portion of the torus. Once welded from the inside, those parts could be removed. I also think that you would want to do a complete weld of all the segments from the outside. When installing the last segments, you would need some sort of jacking mechanism to spread the torus a little for the final segments to fit in. Then release the jacks so that the ring closes in on the final segments. Maybe even have to pull the segments together depending on the temperature of the units at final assembly. It isn't insurmountable but that machine can't do it all. It will take other types of machines also. I also noticed that there was no indication of how the finished space station was going to power itself. That one part of the video where it showed a mast with a mirror sure isn't going to do it.

[@Merecir]

You build only half tori, then you install all the flooring and ducts that are needed from the open ends. Then you fuse two halves together. As for power 18:43 shows that the side towards the sun will be covered by solar panels. But I am also sure that nuclear power will eventually be the solution.

[@jackhutchison9021]

Seems like the Sargon machine is really just a ring of smaller assemblers that act as easily manufactured "space tractors". I'm guessing they probably just disconnect, let go, and push off from each other when they reach the end. Then maybe they just hover above the last ring and place the last ring from above, or maybe they stay at the end and leave it open as a passage to bring supplys/robots to work on the inside until they finaly close it?

[@AtomkeySinclair]

Yeah.. and how do you build the builder in the first place... That's 1ks of hours of EVA isn't it?

[@ItsAShoreThingTravel]

This is an incredible vision and I can’t wait to see this incredible machine start pumping out space stations and spaceports!

[@larryd6143]

@@jessepollard7132 Good point. Completing the last section would be tricky, but I imagine it would break apart in sections then reassemble and move to the next location.

[@bestdjaf7499]

Just amazing how nobody in the world have never thought about it. He must be a genius.

[@honoredawesome9904]

Great video I've learned enough from watching this repeatedly, I'm seeing the connections with the ancient world and however I'm impressed with the goals here and the manner and timing in which it is being completed.

[@Welsheee]

I always see big open spaces In these ship designs and think that surely they'd have to be many separated zones to minimise damage/loss of life in the event of a collision from debris meteors etc

[@ITech2005]

Not only that but the entire complex interior in general. That’s will have to be done manually by humans and will take much longer unless we’re just going to live inside of a giant empty ring. The inner construction here is missing.

[@mytester6208]

@@ITech2005 in theory everything is possible, in practice, and reality (cost), there will be compromises and fantasy to reality, things will scale down massively.

[@humand0gz]

certainly he would benefit from studying submarine design.

[@eathealthier4u]

@@mytester6208think ships and how small the cabins. I think that this is more likely. The torus design is for larger concepts with more permanent settlements

[@eathealthier4u]

There is only one problem. CMEs from the sun. Specifically CMEs with the strength of the Currington event that occurred in 1850s…and which took out the Earths fledgling electrical grid. That event melted the transatlantic cables. That was approximately an X30.

[@thejesuschrist]

Wow! Very ambitious. Good luck! God speed. 🚀🙏🏼

[@SebastianWellsTL]

Ambitious is quite an understatement frankly. It's a cool idea but there isn't much here beyond a few big ideas without the foundation of real-world research. Don't get me wrong, though, I think this is a really cool idea! I mean who doesn't want to see a giant artificial gravity space station in orbit right?

[@endostatica1405]

@@SebastianWellsTLhow do you know they don’t have real world research on this? Just because they don’t include all information in a video covering just the concept doesn’t mean they don’t have the information. +most of it is most likely proprietary information.

[@Shilpi-i1v]

Be ambitious @@SebastianWellsTL

[@DerekJones1081962]

I loved this video. Yes, the ambition is infectious, and that's what's needed for commercial space development. First toruses then ships and cylinders. Gateway facilities are launch points for asteroid and planetary colonies. The dawn of the 22nd century could be far more optimistic than the slow decay that has plagued the dawn of the 21st. I hope all of us dreamers can see his futuristic vision as I do. Commercial space infrastructure can save this planet in ways that social welfare never could. His goals are an epiphany that breeds hope for humanity. We are destined to become the first interplanetary species!

[@beaker2000]

This is great stuff, and as an engineer, I think very doable and ingenious conceptually. I would like to hear how you plan on delivering and installing systems like life support and power, atmosphere, and water. I would very much like you to succeed.

[@c.gorgas5277]

I'd like to know how the materials needed for fabrication will get there? This is huge in my mind. There are no transport vehicles that can cost effectively carry the volume of materials into LEO.

[@djbeachbob491]

The system required for this havent been Made yet. he would have to wait what 20-40 more years til we got a fleet for asteroid mining n melting in space. cause jesus guy gonna kill earth with all this shipment

[@praktikantnss5728]

@@c.gorgas5277 Wasn't it heavily implied (outright told) that Starship will enable this? If Starship goes online and actually works, then there's the issue of leasing a few for the project. I can see the bottleneck being the logistics first and foremost. How many launches will be needed? And will the Starship need constant refurbishing? Many questions

[@TheGatewaySpaceport]

@@praktikantnss5728 Yes, you are right. It was outright told that starship will enable this.

[@plexisgaming]

Can't wait to see your company's thought on when the first O'Neill cylinder stations will be built.

[@fredericrike5974]

My thought ran to that- but I see a way to build these torus shaped rings as a stack, which would finish as an O'Neill ring. That would want torus's to be many hundreds of meters larger than this. One run up seems to say they would need to be a mile in diameter and rotate at once per hour to achieve a Ig inside surface. The torus starters would give much space for housing, manufacturing and recreation and the interior would be for herbiculture and husbandry, as a thought.

[@plexisgaming]

@A. G. Sounds just like what they told Elon when he started talking about his Starship project.

[@bennyyastremski8207]

John , you come up with the most awesome designs to work in space. definitely I'll be following every move you make thanks for making our dreams come true.

[@TheGatewaySpaceport]

Thank you, Benny

[@russelljohnson6243]

Wonderful, I just hope we can find a way to work together long enough to get this done!

[@aksHandler]

Ambition drives innovation, innovation drives creativity, and creativity drives effort, and finally effort drives success. This generation needs to understand how space is important. We are too comfortable with being average.

[@asmodeus6631]

Thank you for sharing your vision And yes what an exciting time to be alive.

[@carlhalberstadt8971]

This type of project begins as a dream, a vision. We made it to the moon in less than 10 years with the limited technology of the '60's and intense focus. With today's level of technology and similar focus how can this not cause enough excitement in us that we turn away from it?

[@STSWB5SG1FAN]

That's the main problem, lack of focus. Back then our main goal was beating the Russians, what goal do we have now? Making humanity a multi-planet species, a nice dream, but that's not going to loosen Congressional purse strings.

[@johng6080]

I agree, but im skeptical because this type of technology has always been “ten years away”. Theyve been promising cool space stations and moon bases since the 60s and we havent even as much as stepped foot back on the moon, much less set up a permanent base there. Our international space station is also going to shit with old age and is in dire need of a replacement. Im mainly skeptical because of our lack of interest and progress when it comes to space in the last 5 decades. Hopefully it will change will this renewed focus, but im not holding my breath.

[@dubselectorr345]

Absolutely incredible your confidence in this makes it seem like this can happen tomorrow.

[@orglarovin]

One huge and crucial design flaw; You cannot rely on one giant pressurised hull. It has to be lots of smaller compartments with sealed door in between!!! Imagine the catastrophe of a debris hitting and the whole hull gets de-pressurised! It must be built in sections.

[@spacecowboy07723]

It's got a force field like starwars pewpew pew

[@DownunderGraham]

There was an image showing internal decks. That’d divide up the ring and then all you need are partitions/pressure doors perpendicular to the decks.

[@davidgifford8112]

Ships, submarines and pressurised aircraft hulls tend to be singular and still considered safe. Building bulkheads within the structure to contain a major pressure loss would be a given, even for a structure in the benign (compared to ocean and stratosphere) vacuum of space.

[@mj6463]

Not really, the hull does not depressurize quickly. the pressure differential is very low, so air evacuates surprisingly slowly. the iss famously had a puncture 1/3 inch in diameter and the crew waited a day to repair it. When talking about hundreds of thousands of cubic meters of air, it would take well over a week for air to drop to dangerous levels from even a basketball sized hole. So two sections, along with evacuation craft, is all that should be necessary for a very safe design.

[@quistador7]

probably gonna have a self sealing exterior similar to fuel tanks on planes

[@ianhooper3921]

Quite a vision. I would love to see it happen.

[@colemcleod941]

Looking forward to a torus building Sargon and construction materials being lifted to orbit by Starship asap

[@tracyjohnson5486]

I wish this company nothing but success! I hope he's able to get a meeting with some of these billionaires and MAKE IT HAPPEN! Godspeed Gateway Spaceport.

[@zhorkon]

Nearly 50 years ago, as a graduate student in New York City, I had the pleasure of being involved in the old “L-5 Society”. Now, as a 70+ retired techie and academician, I still find these very possible dreams of a human future offworld extremely attractive. It is long overdue!

[@timbruten1375]

Not saying this is impossible but it’ll be a damn fun challenge. I’d absolutely love to be part of that team.

[@chingompiew1]

This is amazing. I want to get involved with this industry. The pace of advancement is accelerating fast and every new technology is multiplying that pace. Just like aviation! In the beginning it guys like Hughes did everything. But as more and more people got on board aeronautical technologies expanded at light speed. I expect the same to happen with space!

[@miweb3235]

Hell yes!

[@FrozenHaxor]

@@bIametheniIe Yeah it's a total scam.

[@gregorycoogle7621]

Can you see the building of the space stations and getting them transported to other major planets in our solar system? WOW! This is the foresight we need at NASA!

[@jeffalbrecht1]

Finally, an inspirational space station. Plus one that incorporates artifical gravity. This should be our next space station!

[@LindenAstle]

It is with profound visionaries like this that the future of humanity are counting on for our survival and carrying our species out into our galaxy and perhaps beyond to discover other life forms and make awesome new discoveries !

[@hightierplayers2454]

Ever since I was little, I've had it in my mind that I would at least be a large part of what creates the first large construction structures in space such as shipyards. Seeing that this tech is coming along nicely only increases that feeling that it will all line up for me properly with a bit more time.

[@paysour3]

Make sure you spend a great deal of time in electromechanical engineering and Technology. Definitely learn how to troubleshoot complex Electronics and have a thorough understanding of robotics.

[@bestdjaf7499]

Invest all your money. I am sure you will get great returns. And then you will be able to build your own base.

[@johnbeyene6117]

Good luck, hope you get to do that!!

[@linoliebmann]

Great project. Can we please build this right now!

[@NumaPuma42]

I have high hopes for this, and will be watching with great interest

[@joelbellJB]

I don’t think people understand that these types of ideas and plans are a necessity for the survival of our species. We don’t actually have a choice if we want to continue, humans MUST become a multi planet species.

[@marvinheyd28]

Thank God somebody's finally knew when I sent this space Maybe we can start cleaning up our mess out there

[@leonleborgne573]

I've said for years that dedication to expanding into space would be an economy boon for the entire planet. Even if a company is not directly involved in the space realm, they can support and cater to those who are. Affordability is key. You can have a veratine but it will still need supplies to manufacture orbital stations. Those supplies will have to come from Earth or viable asteroid mining. My lifetime seems a great deal shorter than the reality of this / these projects becoming a reality by 2030.

[@ThaDailySmoke]

MAN! You are my HERO. I wish you all the luck and recourses you need to get this done. I'm just a simple citizen of Earth and if I had all the funding you need, I would had it all over to you. So if i ever come into large sums of money, you will here from me, even I do not get to go myself, I would be so proud to just see it done and know that my young daughters have the opportunity to go, live or even work with you. God speed on this and all future endeavors. - A very proud citizen of Earth and supporter of you and Gateway Spaceport LLC. Thank you for this and all your videos.

[@eduardogarcia4975]

finally I found the video that will make me fall asleep. no kidding tho this guy's a real genius. love the ideas!

[@mattetjus]

Cool and sound ideas as previously seen from Gateway. However, the lack of indepth information, seen as they have been around for 10 years now, is troubling. Where is the hardware? Where are the cost projections of the "Tree" cargo pods which are sending the panel segments up with starships? Design and cost of the "Hatship class pods"? Design and cost of the prefabricated panels? Design and cost of the welding machines? Design and cost of Sargon construction segments? Estimated cost of a space station? How will the fully welded station be pressurized? How with the pressurized station be leak tested? How is the funding situation right now? ... Do you have anything but flashy youtube vids? Suggestions from my side: 1st: Show a design for the panels and the sargon segments, including costs 2nd: Make a prototype square builder (4 segments instead of 32) and build prototypes: single 1x2 panel line, 2x2 panel squares, square "circles" of boxes, a full tube rectangular cross sections... down here on Earth Heck, i would consider a 3D printed plastic Sargon with some hot glue guns for "welding" plastic panels a step forward! other suggestions: - Build the panels in double layers (each panel effectively being a flattened cube/a parallelepiped) with an integrated sensor package inside. If the outer or inner panel wall is punctured (from space debries or a clumsy station dweller) sensors will be warning you of a panel failure, but it is not necessarily a life threatening situation. The panels can also be filled with some material for added "bulletproofness" (woven kevlar-like materials)

[@JamesWitte]

Great comment and feedback

[@rob_over_9000]

The fact that he’s asking for donated time for someone to render interiors and such shows how much of a pipe dream this company is without funding.

[@KnowOne-at-All]

The thing they did to humvee gas tanks when Iraqis kept shooting them. They aren’t bulletproof, they just self seal

[@patrickmchargue7122]

The use of automated assembly in space is a great approach.

[@ashleyikumieyefa2747]

Thank you for building hope on space x starship capability

[@TheTurbineEngineer]

This is great thinking, we are going to have to seriously start considering how to build very large stations like this. Maybe not in our immediate future but maybe a hundred years away as we move past Mars.

[@Grace4_All]

And who says there's 100 years left?

[@davaguco]

Affordable fossil fuels will run out sooner. Sorry, no Mars for humankind. We spent all our resources on cars and phones.

[@marcozolo3536]

@@Grace4_All maybe not for you but for the rest of humanity...

[@aaronhill3943]

This all seems rather nice and promising in a perfect world, however the larger problem is not the method of constructing large stations but the hostile environment around them at the moment. I'm referring to the debris and not the vacuum. Time and again we see the ISS and satellites having to adjust their orbits to avoid collisions with orbital debris. I think the first step NEEDS to be solving the problem of cleaning up after ourselves and developing a method of disposing decommissioned satellites that are unable to relocate themselves and collecting smaller debris without endangering other orbital assets before we start thinking about building gigantic structures anywhere near that shooting range. How will these large stations avoid debris strikes, would they be able to adjust their orbits quickly enough, etc. The possibility of a scenario such as depicted in the movie Gravity becomes exponentially larger and more dangerous when you start cramming gigantic structures with limited mobility into the equation. I just think that if we want to do this then the first thing we need is orbital waste management and NOT vacation destinations and hotels until we have cleaned up our planet's back yard and mitigated the risks to the best of our ability. Around the moon, possibly, Mars - better candidate, LEO - definitely not ready for commercial zoning and occupation.

[@JustinRK81]

You can solve the debris problem by moving this enormous station much farther away from Earth than orbiting satellites in the debris that orbits Earth

[@BigMic69]

@@JustinRK81 Yeah, I was thinking that it wouldn't be that close...

[@chronicawareness9986]

we can make small drone satalites that attach to debrees and fling them away from earth

[@antonberkbigler5759]

Still have to deal with micro meteoroids though

[@paranaenselol]

@@JustinRK81 in high earth orbit

[@Baughbe]

Forgetting the basic engineering rule. Plot out your most reasonable timeline to completion. Then multiply that by 4 for all the unexpected disasters, problems and general unplanned for bits that turned out to be totally necessary but wasn't really inked out in the initial design. "Know all those load bearing struts that make up part of the core structure... yeah, turns out the alloy wasn't mixed right due to a mis-communication with the fabricator. What we put together will have to be taken apart and redone." That sort of thing always happens on a major new project.

[@HugoCatarino]

really cool project and concepts. here we can definitely imagine an exciting future! very well done!

[@mikldude9376]

Thats really cool , i love it , and while the current old space station was a good learning device , building something big like this is the only way forward imo. To make progress in building more space habs , you need to have plenty of space move around , live and work , and you need more worker bees . The construction idea is brilliant .

[@dylansmall2466]

You need at least 1000m of diameter or you spin faster than 2rpm which can cause motion sickness

[@l.clevelandmajor9931]

This construction design looks very capable of achieving the goal of building toroid shaped space habitats. I think we would be missing one important possibility if we don't also build similar toroids to be used for farming. Of course these first ones will be small compared to what could be possible, once the technology is running like a well oiled machine. Imagine a torus shaped space habitat that is perhaps a mile or two in diameter, has a diameter of say 500 feet for the inner part of the tube. For farming, such large toroids would be ideal. The living areas could be in the lower levels under the farm level. The farm level would be used to help keep the oxygen levels up, through photosynthesis. What I'm saying is that as soon as the possibility is available, begin farming in those habitats

[@boblord5702]

I waited until orbital construction made a truss-a-lator ended up buying stock at almost double the initial offering. Which makes it all the more tempting to buy Gatewayspaceport stock now!

[@lordkayx]

If you pay me $600 a year I promise to give you access to buy thousands of different types of stocks and buy them using your money on your behalf, but you get a gift bag and exclusive access to watch me on Twitch by your stocks for you. Bob I hear you're interested in bees, well there is some exciting news that I can't wait to tell you, there is some amazing things going on right now with bee technology. Including but not limited to Deployable bee boxes and on-site pollination services. If I were you I'd get in right now before these stocks double and you miss your chance again!

[@TheSilmarillian]

Like Elon bought into startups and made the money he has now

[@lordkayx]

@@TheSilmarillian Do you need money to buy into something. I hear owning Emerald mines going to help with that especially if you use child labor. Or your mom or successful model or your family just so happen to be part of the ruling race in the country you live in you know using the other races as second-class Citizens . Or you know maybe that's a Mandela effect

[@RoninLeonim]

@@jeffhaggarty9879 Elons father invested in a company that dealt wtih blood diamonds, no one was really aware of it at the time and he lost all his money on the deal anyway. Elon never personally benefited in any way from that and its a pretty big reach to say that its somehow responsible for all his success. Quit your bullshit.

[@martinzitter4551]

@@jeffhaggarty9879 ~ We should flog and tar and feather Elon for his family's sins. Jus' sayin'...

[@isaacdorfman]

I have some questions: *How many tons are needed to be delivered to space to construct the Vera space station?(to understand how much money is required for the delivery) *How is the Sargon transported and assembled in space and how much does it weight?

[@pierreboyer9277]

That's the big question. In the video we see starship carrying packs of module plates. It seems that each pack is 10 pcs and the rocket carry about 15 packs + some batteries. So let's say 150 plates. (It feels very little but as we don't have the size of the plates it's hard to say.) The small thorus has 84 panel rings. Each ring is made of 32 panels. So 2688 panels. So that would be 18 starship launches for the small thorus. The big one is probably 100 starship launches. Then add the floors. There's probably twice+ as much surface in the floor than in the thorus. So let's say 40 starship for the floors. Though maybe floors are lighter than thorus wall? Hard to say. So let's add maybe 40 starships for the interior and extra margins. That's a total of 100 starships to make the small thorus. At $10M a launch that would be $1B investment. Without material cost, engineer cost and so on and so on.

[@TheSTARGATER1]

I think logistics is going to be the hardest or most time consuming part of this. I guess once the factory and panels are placed in orbit which will take a good year or so minimum building will go quick. I'm a little confused on how assembly is done. Automated through a program or remote or will there be a astronaut team overseeing from the iss for the first section u til its livable?

[@isaacdorfman]

@@TheSTARGATER1 Costs are a much bigger problem than time.

[@TruBluOffroad]

@@isaacdorfman At this level, what even is money?

[@Cybermiaou]

@@pierreboyer9277 ..or only 5 starships from Moon surface, I guess. Assuming there are mining and production facilities on the Moon surface.

[@jondeere5638]

Build a Taurus with 2ft (or more) diameter tubes. insert 6 biospheres equidistant apart in line. Use runner sleds like the mechanics use to move between biospheres. Start with Labs , rent space for experiments and mining. When the station becomes profitable, replace sections of the tubes and add more spheres inline until the whole structure can be welded together, keeping the biospheres separate in case of breaches. The construction tubes might also be rocket sections carried into space.

[@pip5461]

The sooner this is built the better...

[@morganmoallemian3667]

This is AWESOME!!!!!

[@scotttaylor9133]

If anyone is serious about Mars, this is by far the first step. Large stations in near orbit, then around Mars, only then once you have some type of safety net for the settlers/spacemen/cannon fodder would that type of thing make any sense. You need serious infrastructure. The biggest issue I see would be getting the raw materials; if you can solve that I could see this happening.

[@LindenAstle]

Yes , Mr. Musk and Mr. Bests and other Space Visionaries, let's MAKE IT SO ! Let's start moving on this incredible project NOW !

[@boblord5702]

This video need the sweet ending video to be the intro, a visionary reward for watching the whole lecture. 25:20 is a animation that shows construction From flat packed to giant space tunnel. Tunneling is easier in space because there is nothing in the way. Tunnels that can be customized into custom-made, luxury planet buildings.

[@barthpaleologue]

I hope you succeed! Starship is a game changer for the industry. I am curious about the handling of collisions with space debris: how do you protect the station against total depressurization without any airlocks in the habitat? Edit: i wait for the next video that will tackle the issue ;)

[@gtempo4673]

Sir You and the Gateway team are a bunch of badasses. God speed on your endeavours and hope to be involved with this feat and/or visit one of these stations soon, if not me atleast my children.

[@jakerothe941]

I love this. I think it’s a fantastic solution. I also tend to agree with the timeline if its approached with the same level of gusto as Space X applies. I also think in the long term the manufacturing of space ports will occur in the Mars orbit not Earths. The level of energy/effort differential between escaping Mars orbit vs Earth is huge. Also a lower terrestrial “normal” gravity value means there’s a lower amount of energy to achieve that level in artificial environments.

[@antman6495]

The Shipping & Receiving Will be BRUTAL ANTGONE LOL

[@TairaEldritch]

I always dreamed of making habitable stations like this but instead have them underwater or underground, of course they would need to be more structurally sound for the weight on them..

[@mt-qc2qh]

I'm impressed. This may take a couple of generations to come to fruition, but it will. I can only dream of it starting in my lifetime and I envy my kids' opportunity in the future. Gravity keeps us thinking small. These techniques lift that restriction. I'm all for it.

[@marcozolo3536]

Several generations? This is good to go the moment Starship is good to go

[@Azmodon]

​@@marcozolo3536 building the builder and launching / fabricating all that needs to be launched would take entire countries worth of production. A torus with an OD of 224m (roughly 60 feet thick) is 12 million cubic feet of volume (341K cubic meters)... that's a surface area of 804'175 square feet, at 50mm thick of aluminum, is 132'000 cubic feet, or 3'737 cubic meters of aluminum... that's 10.2 million kg of aluminum needed to just build the skin of the outer torus that needs to be launched into space. Starships current estimate is 150T cargo load, with 10'200T that need lifting for the skin of the outer torus alone. So 68 launches. The aluminum will cost (at todays prices) about 40 million, Starship launches are estimated to be in the 8-10 million range once commercial - so ~700 million in launching. Then all the employees and peripherals, then this actual machine that does the building, all the other supplies, batteries, gasses etc. Then the inner ring, then to fill nearly 400K cubes with air and a rebreathing system capable of handling X number of people onboard... This thing will cost tens of billions at a minimum, and it would only take 1ml of liquid mercury smuggled aboard to make it all disappear...

[@marcozolo3536]

@@Azmodon 2ml of mecury actually. And good luck getting that through space customs

[@ExtantFrodo2]

@@Azmodon All of which is why it's way more practical to first establish mining and refining and manufacturing on the moon, then using lunar made solar powered rail launchers to put materials and products where you want them.

[@fittekowner]

The issue is not the design or the manufacturing capability, but rather where are you getting all the raw materials from? From a materials standpoint iot would be easier to capture a reasonable sized asteroid and convert it.

[@mr.t101]

Wow, this is some next level stuff. Great ambitions, I hope they become realized.

[@furkanyuksel3263]

I like this guy don't ever give up man 👏

[@mmo4754]

I have sort of armature skills in Sketchup as well as Blender, and most of it is creating interesting curved geometry and structures, including the torus. I would love to work on some interior stuff if possible...

[@everettlwilliamsii3740]

Learn how to let your spell-checker get amateur properly spelled and your proposal will sound a bit more rational.

[@VinnyVinceViper]

@@everettlwilliamsii3740 WOW you are so small-minded!

[@johgude5045]

​@@everettlwilliamsii3740 he's talking about armature, you amateur

[@tommyblee6664]

Future looks bright

[@SkotiM]

It would be fascinating to get a general idea of the cost of the first one.

[@HankMeyer]

Suggestion: for each of those cartridges (the yellow compartments that you load stacks of panels into), maybe you could design them to be tall enough to fit a few more panels more than the quantity of panels that will be loaded for each delivery. That way, production won't have to stop while you reload cartridges with new panels, because a cartridge won't have to first be emptied for a new stack of panels to be reloaded.

[@omsi-fanmark]

Good idea in general, however I could imagine that the so-called panel cartridges may be replaced with a full one once the last panel has been taken out for mounting and welding, so there would be some time before contruction would need to stop. This time span would depend on the time needed to mount and weld a single panel. That may be a short time window, but of course, w/o more information, we cannot say for sure how long that time spam would be.

[@roysheaks1261]

The system would, of course, be completely dependent upon its supply chain stability.

[@oriontherealironman]

Now we just need to adapt this to build O'Neil Cylinders.

[@EmergentStardust]

This really is the way to do it and I wish you success. I wish I could send some of my tax dollars towards you. Many have thought about this, myself included, and I'd love to see things keep moving this way. Related technologies would truly benefit how we build on Earth.