Loading and docking station for spaceships with solar sails has inner ring with clips on large ship or station engaging outer ring on docking probe of tug assembling space debris

摘要

The large ship or space station may have living quarters made of concrete made from collected asteroid rock. The space tugs may have nets or other suitable gear for collecting small asteroids. A tug docking point on the space station has an inner ring (5) with clamps (5.1) and wire winding spools (5.2). The clamps may engage an outer ring (6) on the space tug and have holding forks (5.1.1) with hooked ends and connector portions (5.1.1.1). There are lower (5.1.2) and upper (5.1.3) fastening shells with fastening bolts (5.1.4) and nuts (5.1.6). There is a holder plate (5.1.5) and a stop (5.1.1.2).