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Artist's drawing of the proposed space station to be built out of empty shuttle fuel tanks. Space Island Group says it can build this station and a fleet of six shuttles and be flying passengers there for $1 million to $2 million each within seven years. (Courtesy: Space Island Group)


So far, I'm showing what some of the best present ideas are for space stations.

Artist's drawing of the planned space station using inflatable modules planned by Bigelow Aerospace. (Courtesy: Bigelow Aerospace)

To date these are the more sophisticated ideas presented by private enterprise.
Note the design disadvantages, when comparing them to the "Atlantis Online", space station we're discussing.