09-26-2016, 10:24 AM
(06-01-2016, 08:25 PM)iancampbell Wrote: To improve tidal locking if that's what you want: Incorporate a long tether (maybe 5x the length of the station) with a big mass at the end, on the side facing the star. Either a big dumb mass, or perhaps put your transit port there with a maglev line running towards the inhabited portion.
This is almost exactly what I had imagined. I was musing about the idea that the far-side would have a large tether and counter-mass attached. There might be some stability arguments for far-side versus near-side, but they are probably unimportant compared with logistical concerns.