On: Why isn't Titan classed? (2019)

[marcosdumay]

From the design they published of it, I do really think they intended to have the carbon fiber tensioned between a pair of titanium rings.

I understand epoxy doesn't deal well with that, but with the right plastic, I believe it could work very well.

[UniverseHacker → marcosdumay]

It is a carbon fiber tube with a hemispherical titanium cap on each end. The caps push inward under pressure putting the carbon fiber hull under compression, not tension.

[johnwalkr → marcosdumay]

That would only be possible if the rings were fixed relative to each other, which they are not.

[marcosdumay → johnwalkr]

Yeah, you are right. It's not tensioned between the rings then.