Designing and Building Space Colonies-A Blueprint For the Future

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.

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

Chapters Include:

Introduction
Let’s Get Real
The History of Space Habitats
Major Types of Defined Space Habitats
The Rotating Wheel
O’Neil Cylinders
The Stanford Torus
The Bernal Sphere
Kalpana One
Space Settlement Design Studies
Fringe Technologies
Space Environmental Issues
Radiation Protection
Heat and Cold
Fresh Water
Breathable Atmosphere
Pressure Containment
Waste Elimination
Power Systems
Food Production
Atmosphere
Guidance and Control
Financial & Other Incentives
Government Vs Free Enterprise
Space Tourism
Space Manufacturing
Mars Settlement
10 years-The Deep Space Gateway
10-30 Years Bases on the Moon
10-30 Years-Hotels in Orbit
10-40 Years-Mars Colonies
Space Infrastructure Development
Required New Technologies
Reduced launch costs
Inflatable structures
Robotics
Three Dimensional Printing
Solar Smelting
Propulsion Systems
Nuclear Propulsion
Solar Electric Propulsion
Ion Propulsion
The EM Drive
Leaders in New Technologies
Space X-Rockets
Planetary Resources-Asteroid Mining
3D Printing companies
Materials for Construction
Mining the Moon
Asteroid Mining
Space Elevators
50-100 years-Habitat Cylinders
Habitat Phase 1-Getting Started
Habitat Building-The Early Years
Redwood Forest-Building the Inside
Growth & Conflict
Construction Continues
Permanent Residency
Living in Redwood Forest for Five Years
Bora Bora Two
75-150 years-Asteroid Homes
My Secret Hideaway
1000+ years Very Large Structures
Building a Ringworld
Establishing Gravity
Managing the Sun
Impossible Strength?
From Worlds to a Ringworld
Dyson Spheres
Dyson Sphere Swarms and Bubbles
Megascale Construction
Dysonian Existence
Having a Long Term Plan
Summary
Bibliography
Index