Space Colonization Options (Orbiting Stations, planets/moons)

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/

 

Lots of links

 

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.

 

That sounds interesting. We are going back to the Moon so a human base there is a no brainer

 

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.

 

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

 

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

 

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.

 

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.

 

Plasma thrusterts just got stronger---a lot stronger
https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2023/01/plasma-thrusters-ran-at-500-beyond-old-power-limits.html


The Wave rotor NTR
https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2023/...uld-get-ten-times-chemical-rocket-speeds.html

FDL-5


Phobos station
https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=40176.100

 

you've already killed the thread. why keep spamming shit?

 

here since no one's moderating anyway, 40 hours of gandalf and sax. there, my Publiusresque post



and!

https://www.science.org/content/art...-fight-against-bovine-tb-sparking-controversy


https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.0306128101

https://www.atlantahobby.com/products/rubber-band-airplane-science-biplane

 

Not 40 hours if you play all 4 at once


Personally I'd rather play Gandalf Style on loop

 

Well that's one way to derail a thread

 

I like rutabegas... I don't see anyone hating on Gazmogs updates that are so different....meanwhile...Musk pulled off a great static test.

A fusion drive concept for you...great art by the way. Thanks to Elon...maybe we will live to see this.
https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2023/...-a-path-to-5-ton-payload-at-5-lightspeed.html

New Mars engine


Dynetics lander
https://www.al.com/news/2023/03/hun...ions-completed-for-next-nasa-moon-lander.html

 

Crawlinizing the galaxy.

New destinations?

Colonization.

Brown Dwarves-sparser than expected?

 

I'm not so sure Elon officially approved that

 

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.

 

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.

 

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