One of the first issues I aimed to tackle is the task of material transport to space for construction. To achieve this most efficiently, I propose the use of Equitorial Low Earth Orbits (ELEO's). This process involves launching craft due east from the equator. This provides the lowest velocity change at launch, the obviation of precession rates of obits, and the ability to have a new launch window every 90 minutes to rendezvous with other objects in ELEO.

The convenience of the launch frequent windows allows for material to be sent in waves. This is ideal for the orbital ring structure that has been previously proposed. Each piece of the space ring can be sent in increments. Similarly, this process also allows for easiest transport of goods from earth to the ring.

http://www.spacefuture.com/archive/equatorial_low_earth_orbit_an_ideal_orbit_for_in_space_construction.shtml

Another idea that is being discussed is the usage of a DNA-like construction mechanism. In this way, a primary ring of platonic solids would be assembled as the first ring. Then a building unit would run along this first strand and assemble the ring using the primary ring as a guideline. This process would be simialr to RNA-DNA base pair recognition and assembly.


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