Space Colonization Options (Orbiting Stations, planets/moons)

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  1. publiusr

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    Ceres ship
    https://www.sciencealert.com/could-humans-live-in-a-megasatellite-settlement-around-dwarf-planet-ceres

    This would be nimble on Ceres
    https://www.cnet.com/science/i-lear...nd-car-crushing-exosuit-exosapien-prosthesis/

    Space fuel
    https://phys.org/news/2022-04-flexible-quantum-sieve-filters-fuel.html

    The starship Enterprise flew through the galaxy using deuterium as fuel. Even if this was science fiction from the 1960s and 70s, research on the real application of the hydrogen isotope for energy generation is still going on today. The main challenge here is the extraction of the isotope.Deuterium, the heavy brother of hydrogen, is considered a promising material of the future because of its wide range of applications—in science, for energy generation, or in the production of pharmaceuticals. However, the extraction of deuterium from its natural isotope mixture has so far been complex and expensive. With a porous material developed at the Technische Universität Dresden, this could soon be done more efficiently and cost-effectively. The new method has now been published in the scientific journal Science Advances.
    http://www.parabolicarc.com/2022/08/31/afrls-oscillating-heat-pipes-are-even-cooler-in-space/

    Space mining--tears of wine
    https://phys.org/news/2022-04-extraterrestrial-emulate-wine-phenomenon.html

    In a paper published in Advances in Space Research, Jonathan Whitlow, an associate professor in biomedical and chemical engineering and sciences, and co-authors propose an extraterrestrial all-in-one mining process in which the Marangoni effect would allow non-mechanical transportation of the extraterrestrial mineral to feed an also in-situ pyrolysis-based refinery unit.

    The researchers seek to establish that the Marangoni effect, which is crucial for welding metals, manufacturing integrated circuits and growing crystals, has the potential to be important for supporting lunar habitats and other extraterrestrial endeavors. They contend that vacuum and reduced gravity are expected to augment the Marangoni effect on extraterrestrial molten soil leading to sustainable extraterrestrial in-situ resources utilization.


    Thin films for mirrors
    https://phys.org/news/2022-04-low-cost-high-precision-fabrication-method-thin.html

    New ways to store flammable gas
    https://phys.org/news/2022-04-materials-flammable-industrial-gases.html

    Liquid Hydrogen to be made easier!
    https://phys.org/news/2022-04-magnetic-cooling-materials-enable-efficient.html

    National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tohoku University and Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI) have developed a series of Er(Ho)Co2-based magnetic cooling alloys that can be used to efficiently cool hydrogen from 77 K to 20 K: its liquefaction temperature. These alloys show excellent cyclic durability and can be used to develop a high performance magnetic refrigeration system capable of low-cost hydrogen liquefaction—a key technology in achieving widespread use of the green fuel.
    https://techxplore.com/news/2022-05-emerging-hydrogen-storage-technology-energy.html

    Lasers do tug on the fluids they shine through
    https://phys.org/news/2022-04-unveiling-bulk-surface-dielectric-liquid.html

    Very cool images here---Light can branch like lightning
    https://phys.org/news/2022-04-spatially-incoherent-dish-soap.html

    Robot maint.
    https://techxplore.com/news/2022-05-reconfigurable-robotic-maintenance.html
    https://techxplore.com/news/2022-05-robotic-automated-laundry.html
    https://www.spacedaily.com/m/report..._space_based_food_production_venture_999.html

    NTR news
    https://spacenews.com/darpa-moving-forward-with-development-of-nuclear-powered-spacecraft/
    https://www.nasa.gov/feature/glenn/2022/nasa-s-new-material-built-to-withstand-extreme-conditions
    https://www.centauri-dreams.org/2022/07/26/getting-there-quickly-the-nuclear-option/
    https://crowlspace.com/

    nuclear satellite
    https://spacenews.com/diu-selects-nuclear-powered-spacecraft-designs-for-2027-demonstrations/
    http://parabolicarc.com/2022/05/17/...next-generation-nuclear-propulsion-and-power/

    Bio photovoltaics
    https://techxplore.com/news/2022-05-algae-powered-scientists-reliable-renewable-biological.html
    https://phys.org/news/2022-05-nasa-rocket-earth-life-supporting-secret.html

    Food grown in the dark and bio-batteries
    https://phys.org/news/2022-06-artificial-photosynthesis-food-sunshine.html
    https://techxplore.com/news/2022-06-team-biobatteries-bacteria-power-weeks.html
    https://phys.org/news/2022-06-custom-worms-functional-cargo.html
    https://phys.org/news/2022-08-alfalfa-martian-like-soil-filtering-bacteria.html
    https://phys.org/news/2022-08-mars-invaluable-future-exploration.html

    Suspended animation--for organs
    https://phys.org/news/2022-06-storage-closer-cryopreservation-discovery.html
    https://en.everybodywiki.com/Jean_Hilliard

    Sound levitation
    https://phys.org/news/2022-06-levitated-falling-due.html

    sonic tweezers refined
    https://phys.org/news/2022-08-scientists-fine-tune-tweezers-contactless.html

    Optical microphone sees sound
    https://techxplore.com/news/2022-06-newly-optical-microphone.html

    The mass of sound
    https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2018/...d-has-negative-mass-and-negative-gravity.html

    Centaur turns 60
    https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2022/05/centaur-turns-60/
    https://uploads.disquscdn.com/image...10a5a902d1efbb279de890adfa6d2a5f638c31b7d.jpg

    Battery breakthroughs!
    https://techxplore.com/news/2022-08-aluminum-sulfur-battery-low-cost-backup-storage.html
    https://techxplore.com/news/2022-08-discovery-path-safer-solid-state-sodium.html
    https://techxplore.com/news/2022-08-thin-electrodes-batteries.html
    https://techxplore.com/news/2022-08-super-fast-electric-car-tailor-made.html

    For air circulation
    https://phys.org/news/2022-08-efficient-carbon-dioxide-reduction-visible.html
    https://phys.org/news/2022-08-environmentally-friendly-air-conditioner.html

    New alloys
    https://phys.org/news/2022-07-aluminum-alloy-energy-efficient.html
    https://phys.org/news/2022-07-inexpensive-synthesis-high-melting-point-carbide-materials.html
    https://phys.org/news/2022-11-physicist-probes-life-shortening-fatigue-titanium.html
    https://phys.org/news/2022-11-mathematics-dont-behavior-glasses.html

    Spacecraft control
    https://techxplore.com/news/2022-05-technique-safely-autonomous-robot-highly.html

    Project Rocket
    https://spacenews.com/u-s-space-force-sees-future-demand-for-surveillance-beyond-earth-orbit/

    Space travel woes?
    https://phys.org/news/2022-06-space-ozone-layer.html
    https://www.centauri-dreams.org/202...l-variance-explanation-for-the-fermi-paradox/

    Lunar hydrogen map Mars map
    https://phys.org/news/2022-07-global-lunar-hydrogen.html
    https://behindtheblack.com/behind-t...n/a-global-map-of-mars-future-mining-regions/
    https://www.space.com/technique-brings-shadowed-moon-craters-to-light

    laser-sculpting at the small
    https://phys.org/news/2022-08-atom-moving-laser-sculpts-weird-shapesnew.html

    Low energy electronics are needed for probes
    https://techxplore.com/news/2022-07-semiconductor-advance-low-energy-electronics.html
    http://www.parabolicarc.com/2022/08...reusable-satellites-for-earth-return-service/

    Thermal covering
    https://phys.org/news/2022-08-nanophotonic-coating-aid-thermal-counter-surveillance.html
    https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2022/08/quantum-heat-pump-made-from-particles-of-light.html

    Thermal management--shock absorber
    https://phys.org/news/2022-09-thermal-material-cold-unfolding-power.html
    https://phys.org/news/2022-09-intriguing-material-property-complex-nanostructures.html

    origami
    https://phys.org/news/2022-08-math-proofs-simulations-material-wrinkles.html

    metal powder fuel?
    https://techxplore.com/news/2022-09-metal-powder-zero-carbon-fuel-future.html

    NASA’s HISS tank
    https://www.spacewar.com/m/reports/...e_Advanced_Air_Mobility_flight_tests_999.html

    History of the future
    https://www.reddit.com/r/coolguides/comments/uqlfv1/timeline_of_the_future/
    https://wonderfulengineering.com/th...ld-be-possible-to-change-the-laws-of-physics/

    Mil-Space
    https://www.dia.mil/Portals/110/Doc...blications/Challenges_Security_Space_2022.pdf

    Moon tubes
    https://www.moondaily.com/m/reports/Moon_science_generation_999.html
    https://www.universetoday.com/157993/the-moon-is-the-perfect-spot-for-humanitys-offsite-backup/

    Improving on nature:
    https://phys.org/news/2022-11-chemists-artificial-photosynthesis-ten-efficient.html

    "A Nature Catalysis study from six chemists at the University of Chicago shows an innovative new system for artificial photosynthesis that is more productive than previous artificial systems by an order of magnitude. Unlike regular photosynthesis, which produces carbohydrates from carbon dioxide and water, artificial photosynthesis could produce ethanol, methane, or other fuels."

    Mushroom armor
    https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7gm3a/tinder-fungus-body-armor-material
    It could be used to design rugged products like body armor, exoskeletons for aircraft, or surface coatings for windshields, according to a press release.

    Near interstellar
    https://www.centauri-dreams.org/202...orlds-opening-up-the-space-between-the-stars/
     
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  2. Gingerbread Demon

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    Lots of links
     
  3. XCV330

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    going back to the moon lava tube colony thing, the story broke everywhere a few weeks ago that Lunar Recon Orbiter has confirmed several large stable temperature zones in pits on the moon, probably collapsed lava tube sections.

    You couldn't ask for a better place to start up a landing port and settlement on the moon. Need a roof and atmosphere. You can make both on the moon, though you'd need some extra compounds to keep the atmosphere from being pure o2, and nitrogen is rare there, I think.
     
  4. Gingerbread Demon

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    That sounds interesting. We are going back to the Moon so a human base there is a no brainer
     
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    definately. I hope that might encourage one of the upcoming robotic landers to choose such a site to land in. there's one in Sea of Tranquility. If any area on the moon has been well mapped out, it's there.
     
  6. publiusr

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    There is a new book on space law available
    https://www.mcgill.ca/milamos/
    https://spacenews.com/uk-releases-military-space-power-doctrine/

    NEO research book out as well: https://thespacereview.com/article/4433/1

    Skylab 2
    http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=7199

    Why knobs matter
    https://www.fastcompany.com/90780466/cars-need-their-buttons-and-knobs-back
    https://www.motorbiscuit.com/buttons-knobs-easier-use-safer-than-touchscreens/
    https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/th...about-flying-and-why.18453/page-2#post-548211

    Megawatt dreams
    https://spacenews.com/chinese-megawatt-level-space-nuclear-reactor-passes-review/

    hydrazine depot
    https://spacenews.com/orbit-fab-announces-in-space-hydrazine-refueling-service/

    Hydrogen tool
    https://phys.org/news/2022-09-laser-based-instrument-boost-hydrogen.html

    I saw this piece of art at Reddit recently:
    https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsi...automatic_transmissions_are_analog_computers/

    It reminded me of the clockwork parts of the F-1
    https://www.thespacereview.com/article/2410/1
    The original F-1 was built somewhat like a wind-up clock: as one part of the startup sequence occurred it would mechanically or in some other way trigger the next part of the startup sequence and so on. Those who have looked at it today marvel at how clever it is.

    Yet perhaps "obsolete" tech could re-appear?
    https://phys.org/news/2022-09-super-dense-hydrogen-molecules-surface.html
    Now a team of scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, the Technische Universität Dresden, the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory has demonstrated that hydrogen condenses on a surface at a very low temperature near the H2 boiling point, forming a super-dense monolayer exceeding the density of liquid hydrogen by a factor of almost three, which reduces the volume to only 5 liters per kilogram H2.

    So just maybe---LH2 tanks might look like the old automatic transmissions?

    Design for disassembly

    Good for repair perhaps.

    Lunar base
    https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/lunar-international-laboratory-1960s.33001/#post-551718
    https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000031599
    http://spaceflighthistory.blogspot.com/2022/08/lunar-workshop-lass-proposal-1966.html?m=1
    https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=57174.0

    Lunar tires
    https://www.european-rubber-journal...ne-reaches-for-the-moon-with-teledyne-project

    Mars
    https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/29/science/mars-caves-astronauts.html
     
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  7. publiusr

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    3D printing has come a long way---now it can handle stronger metals:
    https://techxplore.com/news/2022-09-highest-specific-strength-titanium-alloy.html

    "After a simple post-heat treatment on a commercial titanium alloy, adequate elongation and tensile strengths over 1,600 MPa are achieved, the highest specific strength among all 3D printed metal to date."
    "For reference, most commercial titanium alloys top out at around 1,000 MPa"

    Of more interest to Elon Musk---steel prints
    https://techxplore.com/news/2022-09-uncover-3d-print-strongest-stainless-steels.html

    Mechanical testing showed that the 3D-printed steel, with its martensite structure and strength-inducing nanoparticles, matched the strength of steel produced through conventional means.

    The new study could make a splash beyond 17-4 PH steel as well. Not only could the XRD-based approach be used to optimize other alloys for 3D printing, but the information it reveals could be useful for building and testing computer models meant to predict the quality of printed parts.

    "Our 17-4 is reliable and reproduceable, which lowers the barrier for commercial use. If they follow this composition, manufacturers should be able to print out 17-4 structures that are just as good as conventionally manufactured parts," Chen said.

    Aluminum-to steel joints are better
    https://phys.org/news/2022-09-mechanical-properties-aluminumsteel-joints.html

    Other metal news
    https://phys.org/news/2022-09-unique-underlying-atomic-pncp-metallic.html
    https://phys.org/news/2022-09-twin-boundaries-resist-fatigue.html
    https://phys.org/news/2022-09-cool-common-refrigerant-metal-recycling.html

    Radiation's effects on metals are also being looked at:
    https://phys.org/news/2022-09-scientists-chip-mystery-weakens-metal.html

    "You can take pure copper, and by processing it so that the grains are nanosized, it can become as strong as some steels," Brad said.

    The reduction of vibration is also important:

    Professor Junsuk Rho said, "It is significant that the range of metamaterials studied in the nanometer (nm, 1 billionth of a meter) has been expanded to a size that can be used in daily life." He added, "The new system will be applicable to many fields including mechanical structures (e.g., automobiles and aircraft), buildings, and civil engineering in the future."
    https://techxplore.com/news/2022-09-low-frequency-noise-chiral-metabeam.html

    The Exosuit 2000 is made of once-classified steel alloy used in United States military submarines and only recently permitted for private industry use—is colloquially known as the “Ironsuit.”
    https://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/the-prolific-canadian-inventor-behind-the-ironsuit/

    -good for Europa.

    Landing on Mars
    https://www.space.com/landing-on-mars-challenges-entry-descent
    Space industrialization


    Long March 9 engine
    https://twitter.com/CNSpaceflight/s....nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=8447.760
     
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    The concept is good but manufactures only care about the bottom line and this would add to the cost even by a tiny amount they wouldn't adopt this sadly. Might be good for other fields though.
     
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    I am hoping for some standardization. Each trucking company all have their own unique bills of lading---and that is a real hassle for folks who have to wade through it--but I digress.

    Hurricane proof
    https://www.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/xtrwd2/this_100_solar_community_endured_hurricane_ian/

    Mars prints
    https://forum.cosmoquest.org/forum/...d-print-everything-from-tools-to-rocket-parts

    Propulsion history
    https://interestingengineering.com/science/space-age-propulsion-technology?modal-plans

    Soviet era sadness

    https://www.getrevue.co/profile/Sov...ter-card&client=DesktopWeb&element=issue-card
    https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=52222.20

    The old egg drop
    https://wonderfulengineering.com/th...dropped-an-egg-from-space-and-it-didnt-break/

    Good for Europa---Battery free camera for underwater use
    https://techxplore.com/news/2022-09-battery-free-wireless-underwater-camera.html

    Detonation engine improved:
    https://phys.org/news/2022-09-physicists-detonation.html

    Stable jet streams
    https://phys.org/news/2022-09-elastic-nozzles-stable-liquid-jets.html
    Water jet like donuts on a rope in that image...
    https://www.reddit.com/r/interestin...case_of_a_smart_sprinkler_putting_out_a_fire/

    Old ullage tech
    https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=57685.0

    A Eye
    https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2022/...colors-for-better-automation.html#more-177890

    Sonar
    https://techxplore.com/news/2023-01-dolphin-inspired-compact-sonar-underwater-acoustic.html

    How NOT to go to space
    http://www.parabolicarc.com/2022/09...urism-flights-new-mexico-announces-spaceport/

    Stanford Torus fly through
    https://www.universetoday.com/15799...ng-fly-through-of-a-futuristic-space-habitat/

    Ion drive ships
    https://www.centauri-dreams.org/2022/10/14/ion-propulsion-the-stuhlinger-factor/
    https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=53526.0
    https://twitter.com/CNSpaceflight/status/1486798962963070979

    asteroid trip calculator
    http://www.ecocel-database.com/database

    VASIMIR latest
    https://www.adastrarocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/VASIMR_IEPC2022_525-Paper-final.pdf

    New carbon fiber
    https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2022/10/ultrastrong-double-walled-carbon-nanotubes-have-been-made.html

    Exo-world catalog
    http://exoplanet.eu/

    Nuclear rockets
    https://up-ship.com/blog/?p=51009
    https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=50188.260

    http://damonmoran.blogspot.com/2008/05/small-usaf-orion-spacecraft-models.html?m=1

    The Fusion approach

    https://wonderfulengineering.com/th...-you-escape-the-solar-system-in-our-lifetime/

    Medusa


    Solar propulsion paper
    https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aenm.202200125

    Solar Cruiser


    https://www.universetoday.com/15908...egment-of-its-enormous-solar-cruiser-mission/

    Oh, great
    https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/jeff-bezos-michael-strahan-blue-origin-space-rangers-1235457120/

    Fruit of the Luminal
    https://futurism.com/the-byte/traveling-faster-than-light-physics

    Automatic pilot for probes
    https://techxplore.com/news/2022-12-enable-autonomous-spacecraft-deep-space-missions.html
    AstroSLAM, a SLAM-based algorithm that could allow spacecraft to navigate more autonomously.
     
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    you've already killed the thread. why keep spamming shit?
     
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    Not 40 hours if you play all 4 at once


    Personally I'd rather play Gandalf Style on loop

     
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    Well that's one way to derail a thread
     
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    I'm not so sure Elon officially approved that
     
  18. publiusr

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    New group calling for large structures in space:
    https://www.planetarysunshade.org/home

    No acid rain from that.

    If reflective—this could also help Earth in case of solar dimming like a Maunder Minimum.
     
  19. Asbo Zaprudder

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    Well, apart from the effects of the combustion products of all the chemicals required to get many thousands of tons of matter off the Earth's surface into space. However, if much of the shade could be constructed from materials mined on the Moon or some other body, that would mitigate some of the pollution. Perhaps we need to research how to create bootstrapping robotic construction of large-scale structures from a compact starting seed. It would be a step on the way to creating Von Neumann probes to explore the Galaxy. Then we'd have the problem of handling the immense amount of data returned.
     
  20. publiusr

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    We do have that big Trojan 2020 XL5…steep inclination…though.