Space vehicle module
OwnerJohn Paul Hoganinventor
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Abstract
The module, following the geometry of joined truncated icosahedra, is designed to provide, when a plurality of them are joined to form a space vehicle, at least a subsistence environment for terrestrial life, including a centrifugally induced artificial gravitational field, as well as an in-orbit base from which larger space structures can be built.
Claims22
A space station structure designed as a vehicle through which artificial gravity and a pressure tight terrestrial environment can be provided occupants of the structure, comprised of a plurality of generally cylindrical individual modules, each module following the geometry of at least two truncated icosahedra that are joined along their truncation surfaces, the truncations occurring where a cluster of five icosahedral faces about a vertex point have been removed from the surface of an icosahedron;
- at least one of said icosahedra being truncated about at least two non-adjacent vertex points.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.