article_snippet.sent: A space settlement would be a large structure, comparable in size to a town or small city, built in Earth orbit.
article_snippet.sent: A space settlement would have similar amenities and services to towns and cities on Earth, and would enable people to live in space.
article_snippet.sent: The ISS currently houses six astronauts at a time, but a space settlement would have hundreds or thousands of people on board.
article_snippet.sent: Future space settlements may also have artificial gravity by rotating around an axis.
article_snippet.sent: The cylindrical design would allow the space station to rotate and provides The cylindrical design inhabitants with artificial gravity .