NASA Space Settlement Contest NEO SPACE SETTLEMENT International Team from “Tudor Vianu” National High Bridgewater-Raritan School of Computer Science High School ALEXANDRA VOINEA Bucharest, Romania TEAM LEADER NIKHIL KUNAPULI Bridgewater New Jersey, USA ANEEK PATEL Bridgewater New Jersey, USA 15 March 2013 CONTENTS STRUCTURAL DESIGN .......................................................................................................................................... 1 1. SPACE ALLOCATION................................................................................................................................................ 1 2. MAIN STRUCTURE ................................................................................................................................................. 3 3. SHAPE DESIGN ...................................................................................................................................................... 4 TECHNICAL ENGINEERING ................................................................................................................................. 19 1. NUCLEAR POWER ................................................................................................................................................ 19 2. SOLAR POWER .................................................................................................................................................... 28 3. ARTIFICIAL GRAVITY ............................................................................................................................................. 30 4. MATERIALS ........................................................................................................................................................ 31 5. MAGNETISM ...................................................................................................................................................... 37 6. TRANSPORT ....................................................................................................................................................... 39 7. THRUSTERS ........................................................................................................................................................ 44 8. TELECOMMUNICATIONS ....................................................................................................................................... 44 9. ENERGY STORAGE ................................................................................................................................................ 46 10. DEFENSE ........................................................................................................................................................... 53 LOCATION ........................................................................................................................................................ 57 1. DESCRIPTION OF TRANSFER TO THE FINAL LOCATION IN JUPITER-SUN L1 ........................................................................ 61 ASTEROID MINING ............................................................................................................................................ 63 1. FEASIBILITY ........................................................................................................................................................ 63 2. FINDING AND CHOOSING ASTEROIDS XW ................................................................................................................. 64 3. ASTEROID COMPOSITION ...................................................................................................................................... 65 4. ASTEROID LOCATION ............................................................................................................................................ 65 5. MINING ............................................................................................................................................................ 67 6. PROCESSING ....................................................................................................................................................... 68 7. MATERIAL SEPARATION ........................................................................................................................................ 72 8. TRANSPORT OF GOODS ........................................................................................................................................ 74 9. AMUN MINING MODULE ..................................................................................................................................... 75 10. LUNAR MINING .................................................................................................................................................. 76 11. LUNAR BASES ..................................................................................................................................................... 80 12. MINING ON NEO ................................................................................................................................................ 80 13. ATMOSPHERIC MINING ........................................................................................................................................ 81 CONSTRUCTION ................................................................................................................................................ 83 1. ORBITAL SHIPYARD .............................................................................................................................................. 87 2. CONSTRUCTION PHASES ....................................................................................................................................... 90 HUMAN FACTORS ............................................................................................................................................. 95 1. AIR REGULATION ................................................................................................................................................ 95 2. WATER ............................................................................................................................................................. 98 3. FOOD ............................................................................................................................................................. 101 4. WASTE MANAGEMENT ...................................................................................................................................... 106 5. ATMOSPHERE AND ENVIRONMENT ....................................................................................................................... 108 6. FLORA AND FAUNA ............................................................................................................................................ 109 7. ACCOMMODATIONS .......................................................................................................................................... 110 8. HEALTHCARE .................................................................................................................................................... 112 9. PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF MICROGRAVITY ........................................................................................................... 118 10. GOVERNMENT .................................................................................................................................................. 120 11. TOURISM ........................................................................................................................................................ 121 12. LEISURE .......................................................................................................................................................... 121 13. EDUCATION ..................................................................................................................................................... 123 14. CONSUMABLES ................................................................................................................................................. 125 SOLAR SYSTEM BASES ..................................................................................................................................... 127 1. CALISTO BASE ................................................................................................................................................... 127 2. ASTEROID BASES ................................................................................................................................................ 139 3. LUNAR BASES .................................................................................................................................................... 146 FINANCING ..................................................................................................................................................... 149 1. ASTEROIDS AS A FINANCIAL RESORT ....................................................................................................................... 150 2. LOOKING FOR THE ASTEROIDS .............................................................................................................................. 152 3. POWER SYSTEM ...............................................................................................................................................