This document summarizes the design of an artificial gravity space station called Starport 1. It includes:
- An overview of the station's design which features a central microgravity section and outer rotating ring to provide artificial gravity through centrifugal force.
- A roadmap for the station's development from 2030-2060, starting with an initial microgravity construction phase and expanding to a full space city by 2045 capable of housing 200 residents.
- Details of the station's specifications, central section, rotating outer ring, and key engineering considerations like its orbital control system and power requirements.
Life and research in International Space Stationnikchem
The life and research of the multinational crew of I.S.S. is presented with a variety of images from inside the station and views of the Earth from space.
Life and research in International Space Stationnikchem
The life and research of the multinational crew of I.S.S. is presented with a variety of images from inside the station and views of the Earth from space.
Forecast of the first space elevator (tether permanently linking Earth to space and tremendously cutting the cost of sending payload in orbit) being built by Europe in the future, and a description of its history, business model, and technological aspect. One of the scenarios of the Wikistrat "The Future of the Private Industry: 2050-2100" simulation, further edited. Written with insights from Brad Edwards (Los Alamos National Laboratory, NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts), Jerome Pearson (modern inventor of the space elevator concept, veteran of the space industry), as well as Peter Swan and Ted Semon from the ISEC.
Published by the ISEC: http://www.spaceelevatorblog.com/?p=1946
Autonomous Restructuring of Asteroids into Rotating Space StationsSérgio Sacani
Asteroid restructuring uses robotics, self replication, and mechanical automatons to autonomously restructure an asteroid into
a large rotating space station. The restructuring process makes structures from asteroid oxide materials; uses productive selfreplication to make replicators, helpers, and products; and creates a multiple floor station to support a large population.
In an example simulation, it takes 12 years to autonomously restructure a large asteroid into the space station. This is accomplished with a single rocket launch. The single payload contains a base station, 4 robots (spiders), and a modest set of supplies.
Our simulation creates 3000 spiders and over 23,500 other pieces of equipment. Only the base station and spiders (replicators)
have advanced microprocessors and algorithms. These represent 21st century technologies created and transported from
Earth. The equipment and tools are built using in-situ materials and represent 18th or 19th century technologies. The equipment
and tools (helpers) have simple mechanical programs to perform repetitive tasks. The resulting example station would be a
rotating framework almost 5 kilometers in diameter. Once completed, it could support a population of over 700,000 people.
Many researchers identify the high launch costs, the harsh space environment, and the lack of gravity as the key obstacles
hindering the development of space stations. The single probe addresses the high launch cost. The autonomous construction
eliminates the harsh space environment for construction crews. The completed rotating station provides radiation protection
and centripetal gravity for the first work crews and colonists.
Are we on the verge of a breakthrough in new commercial space ventures? Commercial space today represents about a quarter of a trillion dollar industry worldwide, but new breakthrough promise a surge in the commercial space industries. New satellites now being launched for broadcast and mobile services have antennas the size of basketball courts. Space adventure flights to become “Citizen Astronauts” are scheduled to start in 2011. There are already tens of millions of dollars in reservation fees already booked by royalty, sports and movie stars. Soon NASA will likely award commercial contracts to develop space plane technology to fly astronauts to and from the International Space Station in lieu of the Shuttle. Hypersonic jet flights may one day fly from NYC to Sydney Australia in 3 to 4 hours. Bigelow Aerospace already has already launched prototype commercial space stations (Genesis I and II) to orbit. The start-up company Solaren has signed a contract with energy companies to deliver solar-derived electric power from space starting in 2016. Even game-changing technologies such as “space elevators” and “tether-lift” systems are now under serious commercial study. Come hear--and see--some of these amazing new commercial space technologies that could revolutionize our 21st century world. Come hear from leading space experts,
We are living in a vast universe that contains tremendous unknown knowledge. Human space exploration helps to address the fundamental questions about our place in the universe. In this the development of spacecrafts is remarkable. SKYLON is space plane that can be a replacement for the current scenario of space travel by its reliability, ease of operation and economic friendly nature. It’s a single stage to orbit hypersonic space plane. That uses horizontal take off and landing like a conventional aircraft. It could reach up to the low earth orbit (LEO) with a payload of about 15 tons. This system use combined cycle engine commonly known as synergistic air breathing rocket engine (SABRE).That works both in air breathing and pure rocket mode. This permits the vehicle to cruise at hypersonic speed (around Mach 5.5) within earth atmosphere. SKYLON is the future of aviation and space industry, which may ease many missions from earth surface to space. Further modification in the engine may lead not only to the orbit but also far away from that .its low fuel consumption lower weight and reduced risk factor increases the performance and makes possible space tourism for people belongs to any community
The 65th International Astronautical Congress 2014, the world's premier space event, will take place in Toronto, Canada from September 29 to October 3. The Congress theme - “Our World Needs Space” - will promote an exploration of the relationship between Earth and space and the ways that space activities help to meet our needs on Earth. D-Orbit, leader in the development of decommissioning devices for satellites, is taking take part in the Congress, participating in symposia and in scheduled technical sessions.
From an outsider perspective, the golden age of space might look behind us with the Apollo era in the Sixties. Yet, when we listen to some new economy entrepreneurs like R. Branson (Virgin group founder), J. Bezos (Amazon founder) or E. Musk (Paypal, TeslaMotors, Solarcity founder), space is accessible, ready to harvest and the space rush starts today!
Even if the Silicon Valley ecosystem aims for the stars, technical hurdles might prevent all projects to succeed. Therefor, being able to put a satellite in orbit and land the launcher or to reach multiple times the space frontier with a same launcher really are impressive. These newsworthy successes also attract an increasing number of investors: $2.9B between 2000 and 2015 of which $1.8B in 2015 only.
A disruption is on its way powered by deep mutations in the sector making old dreams now plausible like constellation and reusable launchers. In one hand, national space agencies now focus more on their advising roles. In the other hands, it gets easier to access existing resources and infrastructures.
Incumbents reassure their averse-to-risk customers by producing a low number of expensive high-end custom designs with a big emphasis on quality to ensure high lifespans.
Newcomers promise resilience thanks to distributed infrastructures of a higher number of low cost satellites (using off the shelf components). To do so, these pioneers use design to test approaches directly inspired from start-ups. They ‘hack’ technologies from other sectors with a ‘maker’ spirit and collect information from the ground with each generation of their products in a pure MVP mindset. First users of their own products, they make sure that the infrastructure they build is user centric and not technology centric. Doing so, they enable the next generation of space entrepreneurs to build new space applications (a few of which that might look like science fiction).
E. Musk’s project to build a martian colony will be build on these layers. His firm, SpaceX, looks like it is a step ahead the competition with its full logbook, its tremendous technological achievements and its soon-to-be vertical integration in space with a constellation. Nevertheless, there are a few technical hurdles for them to pass like designing a powerful enough rocket or proving its ability to get to Mars and come back.
Our conviction is that, alone, they probably won’t be able to gather the resources to build from scratch a sustainable colony with safe housing, adapted food production and low consuming ressources processes. When we see all the current benefits of the previous space programs, we are convinced that actors who will address these issues will be a step ahead to reap the fruits of the space conquest on their historical markets.
Presentation by Jim Chilton (Vice President and Program Manager, Exploration Launch Systems, Boeing) at the Von Braun Memorial Symposium in Huntsville, Alabama, 22 October 2008.
<a href="http://astronautical.org/vonbraun/vonbraun-2008/session5">http://astronautical.org/vonbraun/vonbraun-2008/session5</a>
Forecast of the first space elevator (tether permanently linking Earth to space and tremendously cutting the cost of sending payload in orbit) being built by Europe in the future, and a description of its history, business model, and technological aspect. One of the scenarios of the Wikistrat "The Future of the Private Industry: 2050-2100" simulation, further edited. Written with insights from Brad Edwards (Los Alamos National Laboratory, NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts), Jerome Pearson (modern inventor of the space elevator concept, veteran of the space industry), as well as Peter Swan and Ted Semon from the ISEC.
Published by the ISEC: http://www.spaceelevatorblog.com/?p=1946
Autonomous Restructuring of Asteroids into Rotating Space StationsSérgio Sacani
Asteroid restructuring uses robotics, self replication, and mechanical automatons to autonomously restructure an asteroid into
a large rotating space station. The restructuring process makes structures from asteroid oxide materials; uses productive selfreplication to make replicators, helpers, and products; and creates a multiple floor station to support a large population.
In an example simulation, it takes 12 years to autonomously restructure a large asteroid into the space station. This is accomplished with a single rocket launch. The single payload contains a base station, 4 robots (spiders), and a modest set of supplies.
Our simulation creates 3000 spiders and over 23,500 other pieces of equipment. Only the base station and spiders (replicators)
have advanced microprocessors and algorithms. These represent 21st century technologies created and transported from
Earth. The equipment and tools are built using in-situ materials and represent 18th or 19th century technologies. The equipment
and tools (helpers) have simple mechanical programs to perform repetitive tasks. The resulting example station would be a
rotating framework almost 5 kilometers in diameter. Once completed, it could support a population of over 700,000 people.
Many researchers identify the high launch costs, the harsh space environment, and the lack of gravity as the key obstacles
hindering the development of space stations. The single probe addresses the high launch cost. The autonomous construction
eliminates the harsh space environment for construction crews. The completed rotating station provides radiation protection
and centripetal gravity for the first work crews and colonists.
Are we on the verge of a breakthrough in new commercial space ventures? Commercial space today represents about a quarter of a trillion dollar industry worldwide, but new breakthrough promise a surge in the commercial space industries. New satellites now being launched for broadcast and mobile services have antennas the size of basketball courts. Space adventure flights to become “Citizen Astronauts” are scheduled to start in 2011. There are already tens of millions of dollars in reservation fees already booked by royalty, sports and movie stars. Soon NASA will likely award commercial contracts to develop space plane technology to fly astronauts to and from the International Space Station in lieu of the Shuttle. Hypersonic jet flights may one day fly from NYC to Sydney Australia in 3 to 4 hours. Bigelow Aerospace already has already launched prototype commercial space stations (Genesis I and II) to orbit. The start-up company Solaren has signed a contract with energy companies to deliver solar-derived electric power from space starting in 2016. Even game-changing technologies such as “space elevators” and “tether-lift” systems are now under serious commercial study. Come hear--and see--some of these amazing new commercial space technologies that could revolutionize our 21st century world. Come hear from leading space experts,
We are living in a vast universe that contains tremendous unknown knowledge. Human space exploration helps to address the fundamental questions about our place in the universe. In this the development of spacecrafts is remarkable. SKYLON is space plane that can be a replacement for the current scenario of space travel by its reliability, ease of operation and economic friendly nature. It’s a single stage to orbit hypersonic space plane. That uses horizontal take off and landing like a conventional aircraft. It could reach up to the low earth orbit (LEO) with a payload of about 15 tons. This system use combined cycle engine commonly known as synergistic air breathing rocket engine (SABRE).That works both in air breathing and pure rocket mode. This permits the vehicle to cruise at hypersonic speed (around Mach 5.5) within earth atmosphere. SKYLON is the future of aviation and space industry, which may ease many missions from earth surface to space. Further modification in the engine may lead not only to the orbit but also far away from that .its low fuel consumption lower weight and reduced risk factor increases the performance and makes possible space tourism for people belongs to any community
The 65th International Astronautical Congress 2014, the world's premier space event, will take place in Toronto, Canada from September 29 to October 3. The Congress theme - “Our World Needs Space” - will promote an exploration of the relationship between Earth and space and the ways that space activities help to meet our needs on Earth. D-Orbit, leader in the development of decommissioning devices for satellites, is taking take part in the Congress, participating in symposia and in scheduled technical sessions.
From an outsider perspective, the golden age of space might look behind us with the Apollo era in the Sixties. Yet, when we listen to some new economy entrepreneurs like R. Branson (Virgin group founder), J. Bezos (Amazon founder) or E. Musk (Paypal, TeslaMotors, Solarcity founder), space is accessible, ready to harvest and the space rush starts today!
Even if the Silicon Valley ecosystem aims for the stars, technical hurdles might prevent all projects to succeed. Therefor, being able to put a satellite in orbit and land the launcher or to reach multiple times the space frontier with a same launcher really are impressive. These newsworthy successes also attract an increasing number of investors: $2.9B between 2000 and 2015 of which $1.8B in 2015 only.
A disruption is on its way powered by deep mutations in the sector making old dreams now plausible like constellation and reusable launchers. In one hand, national space agencies now focus more on their advising roles. In the other hands, it gets easier to access existing resources and infrastructures.
Incumbents reassure their averse-to-risk customers by producing a low number of expensive high-end custom designs with a big emphasis on quality to ensure high lifespans.
Newcomers promise resilience thanks to distributed infrastructures of a higher number of low cost satellites (using off the shelf components). To do so, these pioneers use design to test approaches directly inspired from start-ups. They ‘hack’ technologies from other sectors with a ‘maker’ spirit and collect information from the ground with each generation of their products in a pure MVP mindset. First users of their own products, they make sure that the infrastructure they build is user centric and not technology centric. Doing so, they enable the next generation of space entrepreneurs to build new space applications (a few of which that might look like science fiction).
E. Musk’s project to build a martian colony will be build on these layers. His firm, SpaceX, looks like it is a step ahead the competition with its full logbook, its tremendous technological achievements and its soon-to-be vertical integration in space with a constellation. Nevertheless, there are a few technical hurdles for them to pass like designing a powerful enough rocket or proving its ability to get to Mars and come back.
Our conviction is that, alone, they probably won’t be able to gather the resources to build from scratch a sustainable colony with safe housing, adapted food production and low consuming ressources processes. When we see all the current benefits of the previous space programs, we are convinced that actors who will address these issues will be a step ahead to reap the fruits of the space conquest on their historical markets.
Presentation by Jim Chilton (Vice President and Program Manager, Exploration Launch Systems, Boeing) at the Von Braun Memorial Symposium in Huntsville, Alabama, 22 October 2008.
<a href="http://astronautical.org/vonbraun/vonbraun-2008/session5">http://astronautical.org/vonbraun/vonbraun-2008/session5</a>