"Logistically, this would help but we still cannot reliably and efficiently get things to orbit."
"What part of 'Concept' do you not understand?"
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Possibilities regarding logistical issues on transporting items in orbit or even interplanetary travel might hinder activities that could have been achieved. Though a reliable, repeatable, regular, and efficient ground to orbit system should be in place first for this to be a problem, work has been done to try and solve the problem.
The “Space Can” has been conceptualized to serve a similar role to the regular Sea Can (aka: Intermodal Can, ISO: 668). A reliable means of transportation of resources safely and efficiently throughout space while keeping the resources safe from the hazards of space.
Having a standardized dimension, carrying in bulk is now similar in concept with regular seafaring activities. The craft is equipped with automated computer systems capable of internal and external sensors regulating pressure and temperature if need be, radio communication systems serves as beacons if it were to wander off into space, large red, green, and white triangles and lights on the sides to orient operators on where is where, mating and docking ports for transport and loading/unloading, and lastly, color coded surfaces to help identify what type of cargo it contains
Ideally, the container is contained by an “exoskeleton” of steel reinforcement for minimization of perpendicular pressure if need be.
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The system is only conceptual and is not fully finalized, use at own costs
Or better yet, improve upon!
GENERAL INFO
- Created On: iOS
- Game Version: 0.8.402.0
- Price: $398k
- Number of Parts: 144
- Dimensions: 6 m x 6 m x 11 m
PERFORMANCE
- Total Delta V: 0m/s
- Total Thrust: 0N
- Engines: 0
- Wet Mass: 1.28E+5kg
- Dry Mass: 10,397kg
STAGES
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547 TopSecret24.3 years ago
A couple of cents regarding problems with this design:
- There’s no RCS. If you have to dock this to a space station you’d have to use another stage to move it.
- If it has a solar panel why aren’t there any batteries on board?
- It weighs 128 tons. Not exactly something that can be carried by a lightweight nonetheless medium weight lift vehicle (honestly not even the Saturn V can launch this without a stage zero rocket booster). That’s a lot of mass for a space can. Again not something that would be easy to move.
- 2 docking ports, one giant and one standard. What docking port does the giant one fit? Or is that meant for staging?
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Like the description says, it’s still needs improvement but I’ll answer almost everything. @TopSecret2
I think my formatting should imply these stuff but I’ll update it later just to be sure