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1 online resource |
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SpringerBriefs in space development |
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SpringerBriefs in space development.
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| Contents |
1 Introduction; Assumptions; 2 Water; Radiation Shielding; Heat Management; Life Support; Consumables; Debris Shielding; The Effect of Water on Crew Consumables; 3 Propulsion; Advantages and Disadvantages of Spacecoach Propulsion; Dead Weight to Working Mass; Safety; Fuel Efficiency; Refueling; Upgradability; The Rocket Equation; The Spacecoach Equation; Electric Engines; Resistojets; Microwave Electrothermal Engines (MET); RF Arc Jets; Electrodeless Lorentz Force Thrusters; Helicon Double Layer Thrusters; Hall Effect Thrusters; An Overview of Electric Propulsion Systems |
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Combining Different Electric Propulsion TechnologiesCombining Chemical and Electrical Propulsion; Research and Development Pathway; Timeline; Questions and Gating Factors; 4 Power Plants; Battery-Assisted Solar Electric Propulsion (Exploiting the Oberth Effect); Questions and Gating Factors; 5 Life Support, Materials and Artificial Gravity; Oxygen Generation; Consumable Propellant; Carbon Supply Chain; Thermal Management; Carbon Dioxide Elimination; Radiation Shielding; Debris Shielding (Pykrete) ; Artificial Gravity; Questions and Gating Factors; 6 Upgradability |
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Solar Arrays and Electrical BusElectric Engine Arrays; Life Support and Agricultural Systems; Avionics and Communications; Navigation Equipment; Habitable Modules; Perpetual Supply Chain; Upgrade Costs; Surface Launcher Reusability; 7 Landers; Low Gravity Moons (Phobos and Deimos) and Asteroids; Ceres; High Gravity Moons; Summary; 8 Safety and Autonomy; Space Debris; Electrical Power and Propulsion; Attitude Control; Oxygen Generation and Life Support; Food; Communication; 9 A Spacecoach Reference Design and Timeline; The Spacecoach Design Philosophy; The Crewed Ship; Cargo Ships; Landers |
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Development and Construction TimelineGround-Based Research (What's in the Works Now); Small Satellites (Near Future); Scaled Down Uncrewed Ship (3-5 Years); The USS Roddenberry; Mars Orbital Mission; The Fleet Grows; 10 Mission Templates and Cost Estimates; 11 Missions to the Cis-Lunar Environment, the Martian Moons, and the Asteroids; Cis-Lunar Space; Moon Mission Economics; Initial Ship Delivery to EML-2; Per Mission Supply Costs; Crew Launch and Return; Total; The Martian Moons; Martian Moons Mission Economics; Initial Ship Delivery and Amortization; Per Mission Refueling and Resupply Cost |
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Crew Launch and ReturnTotal; Cost Reduction Strategies; Asteroid Interception and Mining; 12 Ceres and In Situ Resource Utilization; Why Ceres?; Surface Operations; Mission Economics; Initial Ship Delivery and Amortization; Per Mission Resupply Cost; Crew Launch and Return Cost; Total; In Situ Resource Utilization; Water ()for Consumables and Propulsion); Regolith (for Shielding, Propulsion and Tools); Pykrete (for Surface Construction); 13 Venus and Mercury; Venus; Mission Economics; Ship Delivery and Amortization; Per Mission Resupply Costs; Crew Launch and Return; Total; Mercury |
| Summary |
Based on components already in existence, this manual details a reference design for an interplanetary spacecraft that is simple, durable, fully reusable and comprised mostly of water. Using such an accessible material leads to a spacecraft architecture that is radically simpler, safer and cheaper than conventional capsule based designs. If developed, the potential affordability of the design will substantially open all of the inner solar system to human exploration. A spacecraft that is comprised mostly of water will be much more like a living cell or a terrarium than a conventional rocket and capsule design. It will use water for many purposes before it is superheated in electric engines for propulsion, purposes which include radiation shielding, heat management, basic life support, crew consumption and comfort. The authors coined the term "spacecoaches" to describe them, as an allusion to the Prairie Schooners of the Old West, which were simple, rugged, and could live off the land |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Vendor-supplied metadata |
| Subject |
Reusable space vehicles.
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reusable spacecraft.
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Astronautics.
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Aerospace & aviation technology.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Engineering (General)
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Reusable space vehicles
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Tolley, Alexander, author
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International Space University.
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| ISBN |
9783319226774 |
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3319226770 |
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