Dr John Stockton wrote:
That may well be hard to accommodate by bolt-on reinforcement, but it
would be trivial to deal with if proper nautical-type rigging were used.
ISS would be fitted with a long bowsprit, itself braced with spreaders
and rigging, and lines would go from the end of that to points on the
solar arrays - along the centre line, and along the edges too if needed
- with further stays running aft, etc.
Don't forget a carved figurehead of Mary Shafer attached to PMA-2 (-z
side).
--
Reed
|