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Fictional space stations

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Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Chapters: Death Star, Moonbase Alpha, Asteroid M, Justice League Watchtower, Deep Space Nine, Venus Equilateral, Babylon 5, Babylon 4, Planets and habitats of the Night's Dawn trilogy, Justice League Satellite, Space dock, Satellite 5, Knowhere, Clavius Base, Starbase, Starcore. Excerpt: Moonbase Alpha is a fictional moon base and the main setting in the science fiction television series Space: 1999. Located in the Moon crater Plato and constructed out of quarried rock and ores, Moonbase Alpha is four kilometres in diameter and extends up to one kilometre in areas below the lunar surface. The complex extends outward from the central Main Mission tower in a series of concentrically-arranged curved structures connected by travel-tube transit tunnels. (The look is more than reminiscent of Clavius Base in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey.) Apart from the central tower, the surface buildings are two to three storeys in height. Originally, the base was designed to serve as both Earth's primary space research and exploration centre and a monitoring station co-ordinating the nuclear waste disposal areas on the Moon's far side. Construction began on 3 February 1983, but was briefly halted during the 1987 world war. Construction commenced afterwards under the auspices of the new World Space Commission. Though operational and occupied for years, final completion of the Alpha construction project occurred in 1997. Moonbase Alpha is totally self-sustaining. Power is generated by four nuclear reactors and the accumulation of solar energy. Earth-normal artificial gravity is generated by eight towers surrounding the complex. Water is obtained from ice deposits under the lunar surface, recycled and purified. Nutritional requirements are met by a variety of familiar-appearing foodstuffs produced biochemically on Alpha This diet was supplemented by frozen-food products imported from Earth before all contact with home was severed in September 1999. (At the time of "Breakaway", about eighty percent of food and water products were produced chemically on Moonbase.) The expansive Main Mission, as viewed from the Command Office, was the primary control centre of Moonbase.The international pooling of technical skill and resources after the War of 1987 resulted in the advanced