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This topic is offered for NewMars members who might wish to contribute links, images or test in support of the proposition that the shape and functionality of an on-Earth Ferris Wheel can be adapted for an orbiting Hotel.
Recent work by GW Johnson indicates that a spacecraft powered by LH2 and LOX can achieve LEO as an SSTO if it is launched vertically and has a drag coefficient of a cylinder with a conical nose cone.
Such a spacecraft would be of the form that would serve admirably as a module for human habitation. We already have the Skylab experiment as an example of what that would look like.
Artificial gravity can be achieved by mounting 2 or more of these habitats on a rotating structure.
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