@SASStations

Developing Universal Flight Objective platform so we can build a real MoonBase Alpha.

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Ask your questions about artificial gravity space station design here and see design concepts we've been working on. Feel free to contribute!
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Current 400cc singles weigh as much as a twin, about 400lbs. Why?
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Phil Metzger
@DrPhiltillJul 19
“NASA Chief and IAU Clash as ‘Make Pluto a Planet Again’ Reignites 20-Year Battle” Includes comments from @AlanStern, @NASAAdmin, and myself. Link to follow. 1/2
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Artificial Gravity Space Stations@space_stationsApr 16
Last chance to comment before I hit [send]!
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And you've never worked a day in your life.
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Replying to @SteamAem
The first to start new companies, create new technologies, etc. Just a big SASS station prototype on its side, right where the fictional Starfleet is supposed to be. Why wait until after WWIII?
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Cylindrical version of UFO construction. Not as modular, primarily for fuel tanks but could have uses for 0g habs where maximum space or minimal mass is desired.
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SkyTug tank:
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MoonRover "Mini" (still bigger than a tank or APC)
Artificial Gravity Space Stations@space_stationsJan 28
I think it could be fairly cool looking, if it matters. It also feels like it would be a solid design for an armored fighting vehicle.
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Open floor plan UFO level could look like this, if everything is integrated into a single pressure vessel. So you can have anything between one and nine pressure vessels.
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Each UFO pressure vessel would require about 200-300 panels, but each panel will be based on a set of about 20 panels repeated 8-16 times.
Artificial Gravity Space Stations@space_stationsJan 17
This is kind of weirdly how my relatives cut a cake. But if you can do the varying modules in serial production and then just weld them together in the combinations needed, you could make MoonBase, MoonRover, MoonRanger, MoonEagle and many other variants as needs develop.
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Sizes for the UFO NDS-E structural docking cores can range from .5m to 8m, depending on use, with near infinite ranges - .5m, 1m, 2m, 2.67m, 3m, 4m, 8m and beyond depending on Starship cargo size.
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MoonRover vs MoonBase panels
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MoonRanger/MoonRover layouts
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MoonBase levels.
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MoonEagle variant
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Structural docking system for UFO platform compatible systems.
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Anybody have any different takes on making a compact moon vehicle that can fit in 2m deep garage when parked? Pretty sure you could just use industrial drawer sliders and a small drive actuator to move it and lock it.
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Starfleet Academy@SteamAem8 Dec 2025
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I told my daughter that if she were to go to college for robotics or human/cybernetic interfaces, I'd build a MoonPod prototype so she would build the interfaces and arms for it. No takers yet, but I'm hopeful.
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Starting the first major revision of MoonPod architecture and making a few fundamental changes to the Sled design and the docking system integration. This is how it would appear with the 6 wheels at full extension. Which allows a 5th Wheel trailer. On the moon.
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The basic design allows the connection of 5th wheel trailers and, using the docking mechanism, "farm" implements. With power and control through the dock.
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