Aug 15, 2022
I think our best bet to scale space construction is to use mass accelerators on the ground (i.e., Spinlaunch).
AI-guided construction machines & raw materials could be launched into orbit without solid boosters. The station would then self-assemble.
Afterwards, it would be a matter of moving people up into the finished outpost via rockets. By the time tourists got there, it could already have operational gravity by way of centripetal force.
Think 2001, a Space Odyssey:
