Size comparison showing
'side'view of colony with familiar objects (Empire State
Building, Queen Mary ocean liner, Great Pyramid, Saturn V) to
scaleArtists' Impressions 2 - O'Neill Bernal Sphere
This page contains NASA and Space Studies Institute (see Links) images related to the O'Neill Bernal Sphere design study. This was described in O'Neill's book, 'The High Frontier - human colonies in space' (Jonathan Cape - 1977) as a possible design for a first colony ('Island One').
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Size comparison showing
'side'view of colony with familiar objects (Empire State
Building, Queen Mary ocean liner, Great Pyramid, Saturn V) to
scale
External view of colony
Another external view
'Cutaway' view of colony
Inside view of colony main
living area
Another inside view of colony main
living area
'Cutaway' view showing
agricultural tori of colony
Inside view of agricultural area
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