General Characteristics
- Location : Earth–Moon Lagrangian 5
- Total mass : 10 million tons (including radiation shield, habitat, and atmosphere)
- Diameter : 1790 m (1.1 mile)
- Habitation tube diameter : 130 m (427 ft)
- Spokes : 6 spokes of 15 m (48 ft) diameter
- Rotation : 1 Revolution per minute
- Radiation shield : 1.7 meter (5.6 ft) thick raw lunar soil
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