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{{short description|Proposed NASA design for space habitat}} {{for|fictional structures for living in space|Space stations and habitats in fiction}} [[Image:Stanford torus external view by Don Davis AC76-0525.jpg|thumb|Exterior view of a Stanford torus. Bottom center is the non-rotating primary solar mirror, which reflects sunlight onto the angled ring of secondary mirrors around the hub. Painting by Donald E. Davis.]] [[Image:Stanford Torus interior.jpg|thumb|Interior of a Stanford torus, painted by Donald E. Davis]] [[Image:Stanford torus-Space Settlements-A Design Study-1977.png|thumb|Collage of figures and tables of Stanford Torus space habitat, from ''Space Settlements: A Design Study'' book. Charles Holbrow and Richard D. Johnson, NASA, 1977.]] The '''Stanford torus''' is a proposed [[NASA]] design<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2017-08-03 |title=Stanford Torus Space Settlement - NSS |url=https://nss.org/stanford-torus-space-settlement/ |access-date=2025-04-08 |language=en-US}}</ref> for a [[space settlement]] capable of housing 10,000 permanent residents.<ref>{{harvnb|Johnson|Holbrow|1977|loc=p. 1, "The Overall System", p. 60, Summary}}</ref> It is a type of [[rotating wheel space station]], consisting of a ring with a diameter of about 1.8 km, its rotation providing about 1.0 ''g'' of [[artificial gravity]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last1=Johnson |first1=Richard D. |last2=Holbrow |first2=Charles |year=1977 |title=Space Settlements: A Design Study |url=http://settlement.arc.nasa.gov/75SummerStudy/Table_of_Contents1.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091214010802/http://settlement.arc.nasa.gov/75SummerStudy/Table_of_Contents1.html |archive-date=2009-12-14 |publisher=National Aeronautics and Space Administration}}</ref>
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