O'Neill Cylinders

[Peter Knutsen]

Originally Posted by Brett

Question: is "O'Neill cylinder" going to be misleading if used in the common sense without explanation?

Why can't you explain it? Do you abslutely have to write a 100% linear text? Put in a footnote, referring to the end of the article where you explain the term, or add a "see glossary article: O'Neill" in paranthesis. Or go fully hypertext, with clickable links and all that.


And using O'Neill as a general term for rotating cylindrical space habitats that aren't too large (several hundreds of kilometers) is fine.