{"id":8530,"date":"2014-08-09T23:12:48","date_gmt":"2014-08-10T03:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8530"},"modified":"2014-08-09T23:12:48","modified_gmt":"2014-08-10T03:12:48","slug":"video-island-one-space-colony-animation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8530","title":{"rendered":"Video: Island One space colony animation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A simulation of :\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/projection3.blogspot.com\/2014\/08\/approach-to-island-one.html\" target=\"_d\">Approach to Island One &#8211; PROJECT ION<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Another great animation from Steve Gunn, here we see an approach to an <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/O'Neill_cylinder#Island_One\" target=\"_blank\">Island One<\/a> space habitat.\u00a0 This is part of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bis-space.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">British Interplanetary Society<\/a>&#8216;s Project SPACE on space settlement.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Island One is a space colony with a population of 10000 people, located at L5.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hnG3UpYJa60?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A simulation of :\u00a0Approach to Island One &#8211; PROJECT ION Another great animation from Steve Gunn, here we see an approach to an Island One space habitat.\u00a0 This is part of the\u00a0British Interplanetary Society&#8216;s Project SPACE on space settlement. 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