/sci/ - Science & Math

Would an orbit transfer station like this be possible? If you need access to Mars or Ceres/Asteroid Belt you can ride this thing until it gets there if its a large enough station i.e. self-sufficient with plant farms & artificial gravity (not O'Neill cylinders). Maybe you swing by the asteroid belt on the ship to pick up a load of materials from a mine and drop it off at Mars, grab a food resupply while there and head back to Earth to sell goods? I would think of it as the first real space 'ship' like how was done in the colonial period. Not sure how the gravity would work, it would probably be a bunch of joined rotational space stations with boosters attached and separate gravities for Martians, Terrans, Lunarians, Belters, etc. to get acclimate to any locations they get dropped off at. The thing I'm not sure if Earth's, Mars' and Ceres' orbits would synchronize to establish a permanent stable connection for a space station that can consistently go around that fast or if maybe something else could be used.