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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Axeman 3D: [QB] I think we've already covered those ideas AKB, nothing new to see there. Indeed it has a flaw, in that it is very 2-dimensional. A large station ends up covering 1km by 1km by 20m high, rather than being able to extend vertically with stacking. Regarding getting the modular housing systems to the ground, I think there will be some ship capable of landing and depositing cargo up to a certain size. I'm designing one to do that, anyway, since it's damned usful. Simply transporting modules to the surface might work, but it might be beyond the reach of non-starfleet vessels and we also should take into account that certain planetary conditions may make it impossible. As for dropping them from space using some sort of aerobraking or thrusters or whatever, it doesn't really smack of Starfleet to me. It's more of a quick and dirty military way of doing something, not what the ubertechy good guys would do. You also have to think about what happens when they hit dirt, since you'd need to be an exceptionally good shot to drop each cabin in perfect alignment with its neighbours so that they can be joined correctly. Dropping and converting tanks or cargo pods is a good idea, one that NASA and others have considered before for lunar and martian bases, but that's a bit too frontiersman for Starfleet. I certainly think they'd convert stuff they had lying around, just as Rev suggested, but its a workaround and not a designed solution. Cargo containers being used as storage bays or hangars once they've been emptied of their original cargo is great though. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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