A set of static orbital rings around the gas giant Bronx in the New Brooklyn System | |
Image from Steve Bowers | |
The lower deck, Downtown, is suspended by thousands of cables from geostationary orbit. A second ring, The Heights, extends outwards to balance this deck. |
Image from Steve Bowers | |
The inner ring is only 265km above the clouds, while the outer ring is 75,600km from the planet's core. |
Image from Steve Bowers | |
Inside one of the ten tubes that make up the Downtown deck |