This is a quick post about Wernher von Braun’s 1950’s conceptual rotating wheel station with some basic comparisons to the ISS (1998-present) and 1968’s Space Station V from 2001: A Space Odyssey Watch this as homework!. von Braun’s Rotating Wheel Space Station ISS von Braun Space Station V crew size (# of astronauts) 7-13 50-80 2 diameter of the station (m) n/a 75 300 total volume \(m^3\) 916 6217.85 26647.93 habitable % 42.35% 60% (assumed) ?