Designing and Building Space Colonies: A Blueprint for the Future (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781099010088)

One of the greatest adventures in the future of humanity will be to construct, work, and live in space based structures.

In this book we look at the history of ideas for living in space, proposed space colony designs, and technology.

This book is updated for 2023 with lots of new chapters and information which will all affect the building of space colonies.

The details of current life support technology on the International Space Station is reviewed, and what technologies will be required for development of large scale space colonies.

What other things in terms of financing and materials availability will be also needed?

And who are the innovators providing new space technologies which will be used going forward to build space infrastructure.

Finally, we conclude with some recommendations to get us ready to build these colonies.

The Table of Contents Includes:

1.0 Introduction
2.0 Realities and Reasons
3.0 The History of Space Habitats
4.0 Major Proposed Space Habitats
The Rotating Wheel
O'Neil Cylinders
The Stanford Torus
The Bernal Sphere
Kalpana One
5.0 Fringe Technologies
6.0 Space Environmental Issues
Radiation Protection
Heat and Cold
Fresh Water
Breathable Atmosphere
Waste Elimination
Power Systems
Food Production
Atmosphere
Guidance and Control
7.0 Financial & Other Incentives
Government Vs Free Enterprise
Space Tourism
Space Manufacturing
Mars Settlement
8.0 The Deep Space Gateway
9.0 New Space Stations and Those Being Planned
The Chinese Tiangong Space Station
Orbital Reef
Starlab
Concept for a Huge Chinese Space Station
10.0 5-15-Years Bases on the Moon
11.0 5-15 Years-Hotels in Orbit
12.0 15-40 Years-Mars Colonies
13.0 Space Infrastructure Development
Reduced launch costs
Robotic Construction
Three Dimensional Printing
Solar Smelting
Propulsion Systems
Nuclear Propulsion
Solar Electric Propulsion
Ion Propulsion
The EM Drive
14.0 Leaders in New Technologies
Space X-Rocket History
SpaceX's New Starship Rocket
Blue Origin's Rockets
DreamChaser
Artemus Moon Landers
Planetary Resources-Asteroid Mining
3D Printing companies
Relativity Space's New Printed Rocket
15.0 Materials for Construction
Mining the Moon
Asteroid Mining
Space Elevators
15.0 50-100 years-Habitat Cylinders
Habitat Phase 1-Getting Started
Habitat Building-The Early Years
Redwood Forest-Building the Inside
Construction Continues
Permanent Residency
Living in Redwood Forest for Five Years
Bora Bora Two
17.0 75-150 years-Asteroid Homes
My Secret Hideaway
18.0 1000+ years Very Large Structures
18.1 Ringworld Structures
Establishing Gravity
Managing the Sun
Impossible Strength?
From Worlds to a Ringworld
18.2 Dyson Spheres
Dyson Spheres, Swarms, and Bubbles
Dysonian existence
19.0 Long Term Planning
20.0 Summary
21.0 Bibliography
22.0 Index

Author: Martin K. Ettington
ISBN-10: 109901008X
ISBN-13: 9781099010088
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 05/16/2019
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.60d