Designing a Space Settlement

Google Tech Talk
May 22, 2009

ABSTRACT

Presented by Eric Yam

Eric is a grand-prize winner of NASA's Space Settlement Competition, the only Canadian to win in the contest's 16-year history. He is currently attending Toronto's Northern Secondary School.

Eric will be talking about his winning design, which is a 92-page report, filled with detailed drawings done in Google SketchUp. He will cover various topics, including design philosophy, structural design, construction plan, life support systems, and social structure of the space settlement.

http://arvanhalleorg.com/tag/eric-yam/
http://sketchupdate.blogspot.com/2009/05/eric-yam-is-my-new-favorite-sketchup...

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[beeohhski]

should definately put the girls with big boobs on the lower gravity part so thier boobs never sag it would be like perfect tit land

[orisei]

will they have internet?

oh god what if they don't, omg

i would die :P

[AizaTariq]

Was this the winning project for ISSDC? Also, did you make it all of it alone, or did you have a team working in the various departments?!

[MikDonsen]

You guys are clearly missing the point. Design competitions are not about coming up with good idea,s. People do that stuff all day long. It's about the follow through on an idea that gets the cake. This is clearly what this kid has done quite well. A shitty idea, that is well put together is worth 1000 good ideas, that are forgotten.

[trakkaton]

How TERRIBLE! A lot of 100-10 old ideas. Without the details that matter. He talks about the flaws inherit in the design without actually naming them. He's laughing about his own dumb jokes. The "radiation suit" is nonsense and physically impossible. The "meat growing" doesn't make any sense. Communication with earth from LEO is difficult? Is that a joke? And he wants to have locker rooms in space? And Arcade games? What is he smoking? He wants banksters but no criminals? A President? Money?

[bmecher]

@orisei They would HAVE to have internet- can you imagine the mass of paper if they did not?

[lobelia2]

NASA has to take ideas from high school students now?

[Sagoba58]

@Mahruful It's been a year since I've seen this, I'll look into it when I have time.

[Sagoba58]

@Mahruful I'll look into it. It's been a year since I have seen this so I'll look at it when I have time.

[Mahruful]

@Sagoba58 Can there be any other structure for the space settlement?

If anyone knows can you please help me.....

[Stego2001]

Or you could put the mother inlaw through the airlock.