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Found a few marvellous 1970s illustrations of space habitation (slrpnk.net)

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[–] tomiant@piefed.social 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

In that it is completely unrealistic and defies physics?

[–] magnetichuman@fedia.io 1 points 2 days ago

In what way? I think usually these sort of designs rely on using some as yet undiscovered super strength material to hold them together. Other than that they are just a big Engineering problem. The Physics is sound.

[–] KiwiTB@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

The colours