Habitat Bennu: Design Concepts for Spinning Habitats Constructed From Rubble Pile Near-Earth Asteroids

• Published in: Frontiers in astronomy and space sciences Vol. 8
• Main Authors: Miklavčič, Peter M., Siu, John, Wright, Esteban, Debrecht, Alex, Askari, Hesam, Quillen, Alice C., Frank, Adam
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A 03.01.2022
• Subjects: finite element analysis; habitat design; hoop stress; near earth asteroids; numerical simulations; rubble pile asteroids

The authors explore the possibility that near-earth, rubble pile asteroids might be used as habitats for human settlement by increasing their rotation to produce spin gravity. Using previously published scaling by Maindl et al. and studies of asteroid populations, it is shown that there is no class...