The structural design of the rotating habitat enables periodic expansion from a small initial seed structure, supporting up to 8,000 people at maturity and an interior ecosystem with lakes and up to 10,000 trees.
Skyframe Research supports and promotes Anthony Longman's EXPAT (EXPandable rotating shielded space habitAT) design concept, as developed with support from NASA's NIAC grant program, and in collaboration with Bob Skelton and his team at Texas A&M University, Joel Sercel at TransAstra Corp. and Jane Shevtsov at UCLA.
Based on a growth architecture of repeated self-similar steps. Will enable development of 1-G Earth-like environments in space. A primary market for asteroid & lunar mining.
98% of any habitat's mass will be in radiation shielding. Asteriod mining of water for rocket fuel is imminent, & the slag can be used for radiation shielding, including high transparency fused silica wall shielding.
