space-city in lunar orbit September 25, 2011 / by John MacLeod / in / 4 Comments There must be something about the number five that just cries out “space station” — Thunderbird 5, Babylon 5, Space Station #5… so when it came time for me to name the space station for this story, well… I mean, really, what choice did I have?
Yay! More Space Kid!
I wonder if it has to do with the 5 Lagrange points around earth?
Hadn’t thought of that — good theory! 🙂
Awesome space station! I honestly wish someone at NASA would make something like this already.
And yeah that is a good point. There are five Lagrange points so perhaps there’s a station for each one about a planet or moon.
All the NASA designs I’ve seen so far look like Meccano sets or something — they don’t appear to be giving giant wheels a chance, eh?