San Jose, California, 19-21 September 2006. 'Contest-Driven Development of Orbital Tourist Vehicles,'.'The Kalpana One Orbital Space Settlement Revised,'Īl Globus, Ankur Bajoria, Nitin Arora, Joe Strout, April 2007.International Conference On Environmental Systems, June 2008, San Francisco, CA, USA, Session: Education Outreach. 'Fifteen Years of NASA Student Space SettlementĪl Globus, Ruth Globus, Tugrul Sezen, Hami E.Space Solar Power and the Environment makes the argument that Space Solar Power (SSP) is one of, if not the, most environmentally sound source of energy if the space segment is built from lunar materials.This paper examines a new design that, using technologies proven in space and on the ground, may be profitable or nearly so given optimistic but reasonable assumptions for near term R&D results. 'Towards an Early Profitable PowerSat,' Space Manufacturing 14: Critical Technologies for Space Settlement, NASA Ames Research Center, Mountain View, CA, October 29-31, 2010.A short paper on how Life can expand throughout the universe using orbital space settlements co-orbiting with small bodies such as asteroids and comets. 'Our Solar System, Our Galaxy, then the Universe,'Īl Globus, March 2012.For the full list see my space settlement web page.Īl Globus, NSS Space Settlement Journal November 2012. Nanotechnology, Volume 8, Number 3, 3 September 1997, pages 95-102. Seeĭynamics Simulation of Carbon Nanotube Based Gears,' Jie Han, Al Globus, They were computationally designedĪnd tested by myself, Jie Han, and Richard Jaffe. You can see images like this all over the scientificĪnd technical world. Grey spheres are carbon atoms, white hydrogen. Open source software ( NASA Open Source Agreement). If the dinosaurs had a space program they'd still be here. Mike Griffin, former NASA Administrator, in 2004 testimony before Congress I can think of no lesser purpose sufficient to justify the difficulty of the enterprise, and no greater purpose is possible.' 'For me the single overarching goal of human space flight is the human settlement of the solar system, and eventually beyond.

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