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Space Settlements: A Design Study

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CreatorRichard D. Johnson & Charles Holbrow, editors
Date1977
Source typeNASA Special Publication
Publication / holderNASA Ames Research Center / Stanford University study
Persistent IDNASA-SP-413 · NTRS 19770014162
Archive accessed20 September 2026
Subjectsspace settlements; Stanford torus; pseudogravity; structures; life support; radiation; manufacturing
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NASA SP-413 records the results of a ten-week interdisciplinary design study examining permanent large-scale human settlement in space.

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Retained as a major integrated engineering reference: unlike a single subsystem study, it connects habitat geometry, structure, atmosphere, radiation protection, agriculture, transport, construction and resource supply within one settlement model.

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