A PowerPoint presentation showing everything you need to know about the Orbital Yacht Club.
Presentation at the National Space Society 2024 International Space Developement Conference.
The OYC has a modular construction and uses the Earth Module as the fairing during launch. Two additional modules and the ancillary equipment are nested inside.
Assembling the modules in Low Earth Orbit.
Docking and Undocking a Space Yacht on the Orbital Yacht Club is no small matter.
Private state rooms (600 sq ft) on the first floor of each docking station.
Earth gravity for sleeping, reading, meeting and more.
Large public rooms (1250 sq ft) on the second floor of each docking station. Earth Gravity for dining, shopping, exercising, medical facilities and more.
Mars and Lunar gravity modules for learning, training, playing and farming.
25,000 sq ft of Mars gravity and 8,000 sq ft of Lunar gravity.
Micro gravity modules for science, manufacturing and playing. 16 modules each 25 ft diameter by 50 ft long.
Spacious elevators with spiral staircases to travel between different gravity zones.
Farming modules (86,000 sq ft) with the perfect temperature, light, water and nutrients to grow fresh food without having to resupply from Earth.
Instructional video how to build the OYC Model