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Orbital Ring Engineering | A hard science fiction book by Paul de Jong

The Orbital Ring is potentially the most transformative technology for helping humanity journey to space, and Paul provides a long ended deep dive of the capabilities and practical engineering challenges of this awesome megastructure.

Isaac Arthur
President, National Space Society
Host, Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

Few people I know have Paul de Jong's talent and imagination for deeply understanding technologies and applying them to create a better world. With bated breath I read his story about the next big leap into outer space.

Dr. Peter Weijland
Director. Research Security, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

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About The Book

Orbital Ring Engineering is a deep dive into the physics, material science, and engineering required to construct an orbital ring. The book presents a set of assumptions and guides the reader through a discovery process, delving deeply into the various materials, physics, electrical engineering, orbital mechanics, and mathematics involved in this endeavor.

Orbital Ring Engineering invites readers to think about the challenges and contribute to the innovations. What are the optimal numbers? Are my assumptions correct? This website presents the design concepts highlighted in the book, as well as some findings. To explore the math, assumptions presented in the book Orbital Ring Engineering, keep exploring this website.