Nuts and bolts of space colonization : a practical plan for the colonization of the solar system

Summary: This book is dedicated to people everywhere who have always wanted to go into space but just did not know where to start. The main reason behind this book is for individuals like you to start thinking how you can build space colonies not just in the main asteroid belt but throughout this star system. The universe is out there just waiting for you to get organized, gather your equipment, and start training yourself so you can go. True, it might take another ten years before the political climate is right to send forth your spacecrafts, but you can start gathering the things you will need right now. - Introduction.

Record details

ISBN: 0692005625
ISBN: 9780692005620
Physical Description: ix, 70 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
print
Publisher: Waco, Tex. : Davis Brothers Printing, [2010]
Copyright: ©2010

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

List of illustrations -- About my drawings -- Getting started -- Gathering people -- Choosing where to go -- Stepping stones -- Being independent -- Bootstrapping -- Mockups -- Other types of space habitats -- Learning from the past -- The geocentric model -- Transport air-spacecraft -- About my ship's engines -- Landings sites -- Shipping containers -- Construction pods -- Choosing who should go -- Construction barge -- Gravity wheels -- Standardized construction -- Construction towns -- Space manufacturing -- Trade routes -- Trade goods -- Obsolete equipment -- Space junk -- Shielding and bumpers -- Hatchways -- Main bridge -- Habitat support -- Power production -- Water recycling -- Fire prevention -- Twelve basic food rules -- Food production -- Farm animals -- Support crops -- Homespun -- Village population -- Buses, tugs and spaceliners -- Dry docks -- Tail section -- Pathfinder villages -- Main asteroid belt colonies -- Construction villages -- Mining villages -- Space smelters -- Expanding the villages -- Habitat carriers and starships -- Habitable zone -- Terraforming -- Arks-in-space -- Self-replicating spacecrafts -- Conclusion -- Tables. Other space habitats -- Construction pod dimensions -- Four basic village sizes -- Commodity yield summary -- Barnyard food summary -- Yearly total yield -- Number of humans needed -- Paddle-wheel spaceliners -- This habitable zone -- Glossary.