Tags Dr. Tom Spilker The Gateway Foundation Orbital Assembly Company JPL planetary science outer solar system John Blincow LEO launch costs decline minimizing mass new launch cost paradigm space settlement value Orbital Construction technical team simulate cruise ship training Orbital Construction seed funding Voyager Station DStar PStar demos timelines 1 G Voyager specifications ISS as an analog space engineering concerns Ceres megasatellite settlement orbital inertial forces PStar launcher agnostic Gravity ring funding as biggest challenge new technology risk equatorial orbits for habitats docking despin ports human spin rate gravity prescription for humans lunar gravity suborbital tourism government regulatory environment lower costs to LEO as a game changer reality and space engineering Guest Dr. Thomas Spilker Tagline Chief architect & engineer forThe Gateway Foundation Orbital construction View the discussion thread.