Is there an upper limit weight of the “Inter. Space Station” before it gets jiggly and breaks apart?

Being that the station is not in one solid piece I figure, at 1900mph something got to give.Is there an upper limit weight of the “Inter. Space Station” before it gets jiggly and breaks apart?Jiggly.....totally scientific term in layman's vocab, ranks right up there with Thingy and Doohickey.





Do you mean structurally unstable (Jiggly)?



You have to realize that the I.S.S. wasn't the only space station ever built, there was Mir %26amp; Skylab and a few more that i can't think of right now, but the point is that we have experience building structures in space.Is there an upper limit weight of the “Inter. Space Station” before it gets jiggly and breaks apart?It is weightless, but has mass, so no, it will not fall apart.Is there an upper limit weight of the “Inter. Space Station” before it gets jiggly and breaks apart?No, there is no 'weight limit' There are size,shape, and orientation considerations due to differential orbital characteristics,. If they built an extremely long arm leading either towards or away from the earth, the station could begin to rotate, causing stresses. But in practical terms it can be made as big as we want.



PS: it's actually more like 18,000 mph, not 1900. Speed is not an issue, other than the fact the station needs that speed to remain in orbit. Speed is not an issue in space, since speed through a vacuum causes no stress on a vehicle.

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