| SELECTED IDEAS OF BUCKMINSTER FULLER |
| ICOSAHEDRA: HUGE |
| SPACE STATION DOMES |
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| As far
back as 1954 Fuller was working on lightweight, foldable structures
which could be tightly packaged & later hydraulically or pneumatically opened up. |
| Such structures could be useful on earth, the moon & in space. |
| Tensegrity domes have no inherent size limitations! |
| Here is an example of a mile-wide, double-skin geodesic dome space station. |
| Warm air trapped between the skins would cause it to float at the edge of space. |
| An air-tight research capsule would be located inside. |
| The Dymaxion World of R Buckminster Fuller | Marks & Fuller |
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200-1 | 1973 |
| Lighter Than Air | Okress, et al | Construction Specifier | p ? | 01-80 |
| Fuller's symphony of triangles may 1 day float 19mi above earth | Bruce Dallas | Monterey Peninsula Herald | p ? | 5-6-79 |
| The Plans for a City in Space | " | S F Examiner/Chronicle | A19 | 5-6-79 |
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