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Advanced Concepts / Re: Realistic, near-term, rotating Space Station
« Last post by rsdavis9 on Today at 02:12 pm »The separate docking station with space buses and taxis looks good in this context.Yep. A taxi can be really minimal and thus very low mass. At the extreme, just a self-contained EVA suit, but in reality, a plastic bubble with a thruster. It has many of the same problems with docking to a rotating station that have been discussed here at length, but with the low mass and a conformable bubble, there are perhaps simple solutions.
Extensible tubes rated for 1atm pressure.
Harder than taxis but nicer for easy transfer.
Would still have airlocks at both ends for safety.
Probably can do a rotating seal for ship to station hub.