Book Review: How to Build a Space Station by Jonathan Morrison ★★★⯪☆

Terence Eden · 20 Sept 2026 · shkspr.mobi ↗

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Our reading
Housing people in cramped, windowless, noisy environments will drive them mad.

Their wordsPutting people into a tin-can with no windows, blank walls, and an infernal background hum will drive them mad.
Our reading
The absence of autonomous drone-built housing on Earth is evidence that claims about robot-built space habitats are overhyped.

Their wordsThe fact that we don't have swarms of drones prefabbing houses in the relatively benign atmosphere of our planet should be evidence that maybe these claims aren't quite matched with reality.
Our reading
Lack of interest, not lack of technology, is why practices like water recycling remain rare in buildings.

Their wordsWe have the technology - but we don't seem to be interested in using it.