Author : Fred Scharmen
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,27 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Space colonies
ISBN : 9781941332498
In the summer of 1975, NASA brought together a team of physicists, engineers, and space scientists--along with architects, urban planners, and artists--to design large-scale space habitats for millions of people. Space Settlements examines these plans for life in space as serious architectural and spatial proposals.proposals.
Author : Richard D. Johnson
Publisher :
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 24,49 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Space colonies
ISBN :
Author : N. A. S. A.
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 29,62 MB
Release : 2004-11
Category : Space colonies
ISBN : 9781410218223
This report grew out of a 10-week program in engineering systems design held at Stanford University and the Ames Research Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration during the summer of 1975. The project brought together nineteen professors of engineering, physical science, social science, and architecture, and two co-directors. This group worked for ten weeks to construct a convincing picture of how people might permanently sustain life in space on a large scale. The goal of the summer study was to design a system for the colonization of space. This report, like the design itself, is intended to be as technologically complete and sound as it could be made in ten weeks, but it is also meant for a readership beyond that of the aerospace community. Because the idea of colonizing space has awakened strong public interest, the report is written to be understood by the educated public and specialists in other fields. It also includes considerable background material. The technical director, Gerard K. O'Neill of Princeton University, made essential contributions by providing information based on his notes and calculations from six years of prior work on space colonization and by carefully reviewing the technical aspects of the study.
Author : NASA
Publisher :
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 43,18 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781410221094
CONTENTS PREFACE LIST OF PARTICIPANTS RESEARCH NEEDS FOR REGENERATIVE LIFE-SUPPORT SYSTEMS 1. Systems Engineering Overview for Regenerative Life-Support Systems Applicable to Space Habitats Jack Spurlock and Michael Modell 2. Research Planning Criteria for Regenerative Life-Support Systems Applicable to Space Habitats Jack Spurlock, William Cooper, Paul Deal, Annita Harlan, Marcus Karel, Michael Modell, Paul Moe, John Phillips, David Putnam, Philip Quattrone, C. David Raper, Jr., Elliot Swan, Frieda Taub, Judith Thomas, Christine Wilson, and Ben Zeitman HABITAT DESIGN 1. Effect of Environmental Parameters on Habitat Structural Weight and Cost Edward Bock, Fred Lambrou, Jr., and Michael Simon 2. Habitat and Logistic Support Requirements for the Initiation of a Space Manufacturing Enterprise J. Peter Vajk, Joseph H. Engel, and John A. Shettler DYNAMICS AND DESIGN OF ELECTROMAGNETIC MASS DRIVERS 1. Mass Drivers I: Electrical Design William H. Arnold, Stuart Bowen, Kevin Fine, David Kaplan, Margaret Kolm, Henry Kolm, Johathan Newman, Gerard K. O'Neill, and William R. Snow 2. Mass Drivers II: Structural Dynamics William H. Arnold, Stuart Bowen, Kevin Fine, David Kaplan, Margaret Kolm, Henry Kolm, Jonathan Newman, Gerard K. O'Neill, and William R. Snow 3. Mass Drivers III: Engineering William H. Arnold, Stuart Bowen, Steve Cohen, David Kaplan, Kevin Fine, Margaret Kolm, Henry Kolm, Jonathan Newman, Gerard K. O'Neill, and William R. Snow ASTEROIDS AS RESOURCES FOR SPACE MANUFACTURING 1. Round-Trip Missions to Low-Delta-V Asteroids and Implications for Material Retrieval David F. Bender, R. Scott Dunbar, and David J. Ross 2. Retrieval of Asteroidal Materials Brian O'Leary, Michael J. Gaffey, David J. Ross, and Robert Salkeld 3. An Assessment of Near-Earth Asteroid Resources Michael J. Gaffey, Eleanor F. Helin, and Brian O'Leary PROCESSING OF NONTERRESTRIAL MATERIALS 1. The Initial Lunar Supply Base David R. Criswell 2. Extraterrestrial Fiberglass Production Using Solar Energy Darwin Ho and Leon E. Sobon 3. Lunar Building Materials-Some Considerations on the Use of Inorganic Polymers Stuart M. Lee 4. A Geologic Assessment of Potential Lunar Ores David S. McKay and Richard J. Williams 5. Extraction Processes for the Production of Aluminum, Titanium, Iron, Magnesium, and Oxygen and Nonterrestrial Sources D. Bhogeswara Rao, U. V. Choudary, T. E. Erstfeld, R. J. Williams, and Y. A. Chang 6. Mining and Beneficiation of Lunar Ores Richard J. Williams, David S. McKay, David Giles, and Theodore E. Bunch
Author : T. A. Heppenheimer
Publisher :
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 38,64 MB
Release : 2017-09-15
Category : Space colonies
ISBN : 9780811736749
Is there life in space? Within the solar system, which we can reach and are now beginning to explore, the answer may be: Nothing but spores and bacteria. Perhaps the answer is: Nothing. Beyond our region of space the answer may yet be: Civilizations and cultures of greatness and magnificence untold. But we have not yet learned to detect them or to communicate with them. As this has become apparent there has been a reaction against many of the more utopian hopes associated with space flight. Less than fifteen years ago John Kennedy could commit the nation to explore "this new ocean," with widespread hope that we were entering a new Age of Discovery. Today it is fashionable to believe that our problems can find solution only on earth and there is nothing in space which can aid us in any way. This is not so. If we cannot find planets fit for us to live on, or if Mars is not up to our fondest hopes - very well. We can take our own life into space. We can build colonies in space, as pleasant as we want and productive enough to markedly improve humanity's future prospects. And, we can begin to do this anytime we please.
Author : Eva Schwab
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 33,78 MB
Release : 2018-04-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1787147681
Spatial Justice and Informal Settlements links the discourses of informal urbanism with spatial justice in the context of in situ governmental programmes oriented around public open space and designed to upgrade informal settlements in Latin America.
Author : Harrison Schmitt
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 45,50 MB
Release : 2007-12-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 0387310649
Former NASA Astronaut Harrison Schmitt advocates a private, investor-based approach to returning humans to the Moon—to extract Helium 3 for energy production, to use the Moon as a platform for science and manufacturing, and to establish permanent human colonies there in a kind of stepping stone community on the way to deeper space. With governments playing a supporting role—just as they have in the development of modern commercial aeronautics and agricultural production—Schmitt believes that a fundamentally private enterprise is the only type of organization capable of sustaining such an effort and, eventually, even making it pay off.
Author : Annette Froehlich
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 45,94 MB
Release : 2021-05-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 3030650138
This book is dedicated to the nascent discussion of the legal aspects of human exploration and possible settlement of Mars, and provides fresh insights and new ideas in two key areas. The first one revolves around the broader aspects of current space law, such as intellectual property rights in outer space, the legal implications of contact with extra-terrestrial intelligence, legal considerations around the freedom of exploration and use, and the International Space Station agreement as a precedent for Mars. The second one focuses on the creation and management of a new society on Mars, and includes topics such as human reproduction and childbirth, the protection of human rights in privately-funded settlements, legal aspects of a Martian power grid, and criminal justice on the red planet. With multiple national space agencies and commercial enterprises focusing on Mars, it is more than likely that a human presence will be established on the red planet in the coming decades. While the foundation of international space law, laid primarily by the Outer Space Treaty, remains the framework within which humans will engage with Mars, new and unforeseen challenges have arisen, driven particularly by the rapid pace of technological advancement in recent years. To ensure that space law can keep up with these developments, a new scholarly work such as the present one is critical. By bringing together a number of fresh international perspectives on the topic, the book is of interest to all scholars and professionals working in the space field.
Author : Richard D. Johnson
Publisher :
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 18,18 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Government publications
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Author : Jaime Hernández-García
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 44,99 MB
Release : 2013-12-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1443854646
Public Space in Informal Settlements: The Barrios of Bogotá contributes to the debate on informal settlements by viewing them as an opportunity to understand different ways of seeing and thinking about the city. Public spaces in informal settlements, like the housing stock, are to a large extent the product of local self-help and self-managed processes; however, the equivalent level of understanding has not been achieved, partly because such settlements are often seen as spare spaces with little value. Public spaces in informal settlements are public in terms of ownership and accessibility, but are communal in terms of use and attachment. They play an important role in the physical and social dynamics of the barrios, and have done since their inception; however, the improvement and consolidation of such spaces may not be realised for many years. The book will be of primary importance to architects, urban planners and researchers who are interested in the city in general, and in informal settlements in particular. The book will also be of interest to those in the humanities and social sciences who are concerned with politics and postcolonial studies, and to academics working in people–environment studies and in the relationship between people and place in terms of place self-building, place attachment and place identity. However, the volume will be of most interest for Latin Americanists who do not read Spanish or Portuguese, and would like to know more about the region, the problems and the views, from the perspective of an insider with extended knowledge of the field.
