Volume / Usage Rotary Capacity Pressurization

Outer part rotating, inner Vacuum between

Residential Floor section non-rotating inner and outer
relative to Mercury cylinder

Outer part rotating, inner Vacuum between

Industrial Floor section non-rotating inner and outer
relative to Mercury cylinder

Outer part rotating, inner Vacuum between

Agricultural Floor section non-rotating inner and outer
relative to Mercury cylinder

Outer part rotating, inner Vacuum between

Storage Floor section non-rotating inner and outer
relative to Mercury cylinder

Inner Non-rotating, connected to

Ensures stability
Cylinder outer cylinder through
of residential and Pressurized
(Central Magnetically Levitated
industrial floors
Axis) Bearings (MLBs)
 Hosts
components Pressurized where
Protrudin Non-rotating relative to
including the people are
g Sections Mercury
airlocks and the present
ramp

Thermal Production of Non-rotating relative to

Unpressurized
Plant Electricity Mercury

Movement of Non-rotating relative to

Ramp Unpressurized
Rovers Mercury

● Central axis and inner cylinder are magnetically “suspended” within the outer cylinder

Landing on mercury – first getting into orbit– energy sourcing – material should be resistant to high/low
temperatures

Wheels’

Solar power satellites on lagrange points

No one will know about this – establish telescopes on the 3 ships that we sent into orbit / sensors

Will take 1 year or so?

 Apolloh will operate in the sunset terminator.

  The reardonium and the polymer nanocomposite have radiation
proof feature;
 The windows have a transparent radiation absorbent solar panel
onto it.
 The settlement will be moving towards the side of mercury that
will be newly be in contact with the sun (and wasn’t in contact
with it before), so that radiation protection is easier.
To enter orbit around Mercury, the spacecraft need to reach the planet travelling slowly enough
relative to its velocity to be captured by its gravity. They need to slow down from their original
speed, and slowing down in the vacuum of space is actually quite complicated.
To burn off all the necessary orbital energy using only thrusters, our spacecraft would need
such a huge amount of fuel, and extra material to hold it, that it would become far too heavy to
launch into Earth orbit even with the most powerful rocket.
This manoeuvre, known as a gravity assist manoeuvre, flyby, swing-by or gravitational
slingshot, allows us to explore a wide range of objects across the Solar System on a tight fuel
budget. If we want to visit the distant outer planets and minor bodies, we can take some extra
energy from Mars or Jupiter. If we want to visit Mercury, we can give some away to the inner
planets as we pass by.
Then use thrust to land on the planet