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So now that Musk is destined to become the de-facto rocket tycoon, what would be the best approach to constructing rotating torus habitats in LEO? Interplanetary commerce demands "boots in orbit", and that requires simulated gravity because let's face it, microgravity slowly destroys the human body from the inside.

Personally, I'd go for a modular approach, having a bunch of railroad car sized modules prefabricated on Earth and assembled in orbit

Also, if your interested, torus speed and gravity calculator:

>https://www.artificial-gravity.com/sw/SpinCalc/

If SpaceX and other private ventures turn out to be successful, would the time come for serious evaluation of rotating torus habitats?

Monocoque construction is out of the question for even a small torus, so the torus must be composed of modular segments that are assembled into a complete torus in orbit.

Also, interplanetary human-rated spacecraft should either have a small torus or semi-torus arc for crew quarters, and have one or more "dingy" lander craft docked to ferry people to and from a planet's surface.

Unfortunately, this would require development of enormous Mega-heavy launch systems with upwards of 1500 tons to orbit capacity.