Kalpana One: A New Space Colony Design

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Kalpana One: A New Space Colony Design

Bajoria, Ankur / Arora, Nitin / Globus, Al

We present a new orbital space settlement design for 5,000 residents, "Kalpana One." The structure is a cylinder with a radius of 250m and a length of 550m. Cylinders minimize shielding mass per unit of 1g living area compared to other feasible shapes. Aligning the rotational axis along the solar system's north-south axis provides continuous natural light through transparent end caps without moving mirrors. Wobble control is provided by a combination of exterior teleoperated robots moving weights about and weights attached to cables on motorized winches. Ten tons of lunar regolith shielding per square meter is placed inside the hull requiring greater hull strength relative to older designs but eliminating a major failure mode. Emergency power is provided by body-mounted solar cells, but primary power comes from solar power satellites beaming energy to a body-mounted rectenna. Thermal rejection is provided by a disk of thermal arrays with 450m radius outward from the hull. The 1g living area in the hull is supplemented by internal cylinders at lower g-levels for industry, storage, agriculture, retirement communities and recreation.

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Titel :

Kalpana One: A New Space Colony Design

Beteiligte:

Bajoria, Ankur (Autor:in) / Arora, Nitin (Autor:in) / Globus, Al (Autor:in)

Kongress:

10th Biennial International Conference on Engineering, Construction, and Operations in Challenging Environments and Second NASA/ARO/ASCE Workshop on Granular Materials in Lunar and Martian Exploration ; 2006 ; League City/Houston, Texas, United States

Erschienen in:

Earth & Space 2006 ; 1-8

Erscheinungsdatum :

2006-03-02

ISBN :

9780784408308

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.1061/40830(188)127

Medientyp :

Aufsatz (Konferenz)

Format :

Elektronische Ressource