Talk:Outpost

Assuming the outpost described has flat endcaps (bulkheads) and at least a 2.5-meter (8 feet) floor-to-ceiling height, the module would have a floor 3.75 meters wide by 6 meters length for a total area of 22.5 square meters. Total volume would be 301 cubic meters. Actually, this is pretty good. A crew of five would each have about 60 cubic meters for habitable volume.

More assumptions:

Individual bunks are 2 meters by .75 meters in area and are stacked up to three high in two stacks.

A galley table is a 1 square meter fold-away not unlike a card table.

A sink/countertop combo unit is 1.5 meters long by .5 meter wide.

All other partitions are provided by stacking storage containers, each of which is a cube 30 centimeters on a side.

A 'honey-bucket' toilet system is utilized where waste water is stored in an under-floor, collapsible water tank prior to processing. The compartment for this is also 1 square meter of floor area.

Up to this point we have used only 5.75 square meters, or about one-fourth, of the available floor area.

Underneath the floor is considerable volume for fresh water storage, waste water storage, power storage (batteries) and ventilation gear. The floor itself is a fabric stretched taut by the inflation of the cylinder.

Hatches are installed at both ends of the cylinder and both are equipped for docking folow-on units. A system of inflatable cylinders interspersed and interconnected with cargo module airlock units enables the Base to grow indefinitely in both horizontal and vertical directions.