### Refs: 1. [[SpaceSettlements.pdf]], as it was written in 1977, it gives a rough overview until about 1975. 2. [Elysium analysis](https://blog.wolframalpha.com/2013/08/16/elysium/) 3. [[Strange Forgotten Space Station Concepts That Never Flew.pdf]] from 2014 gives more ideas on habs that didn't fly (fictional and real propositions). 4. [Wiki article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_station) on space stations 5. McKinsey posts on commercial space things - [Space Tourism](https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/aerospace-and-defense/our-insights/wall-street-to-mission-control-can-space-tourism-pay-off#/) - [Space R&D](https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/aerospace-and-defense/our-insights/the-potential-of-microgravity-how-companies-across-sectors-can-venture-into-space) - [Space Manufacturing](https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/aerospace-and-defense/our-insights/the-potential-of-microgravity-how-companies-across-sectors-can-venture-into-space) - [Expert insights](https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/aerospace-and-defense/our-insights/outer-space-in-2030) ### Summarized Critique Convert the following to an XKCD style plot for [[FLF]] - [x] 1869: 'Brick Moon' - Edward Everett Hale's story published in Atlantic - Plot: workers building a 200-foot sphere who accidentally get launched into space to become first inhabiters of space. The moon was to serve as a navigational aid for sailors. It also estimates a cost for the construction at 250k using 12 million bricks. - [x] 1928: Herman Potočnik's book 'The Problem of Space Travel' - Presents a ring-shaped habitat design that inspired von Braun! - location in GEO over Berlin. - [x] 1955- [[12a1 Von braun wheel]] - [ ] 1961- [[12a1a GoodYear Erectable Torus Manned Space Laboratory]] - [ ] 1963: USAF's Manned Orbiting Lab concept - manned spy satellite, whose giant onboard telescope two crewmen would use to photograph Soviet military target - cancelled in 1969 - [ ] 1969: O'Neill cylinder - first practical exploration of how to establish space colonization. - Resources used are lunar ore to establish colony at L4 or L5. - Shape: 1 km long cylinder with hemispherical end-caps. - Power: Solar power from lunar material. - 1971: Salyut 1 - 1973: Skylab - [ ] 1977: Ref 1 above. - __Reflection__: Ludicrously futuristic in 2023 as humans don’t even go to the Moon anymore. But less ludcrious in 1977 as the Moon missions and 2001: A Space Odyssey were contemporaneous. - [ ] 1999: ISS in operation - [ ] 2015: [[Bigelow Space Inflatable Hab]] - [ ] 2021: Aurora Space Station - 12-day stay for US$9.5 million - [ ] 2025: Axiom Space - 10 day trip for $55 million - [x] 2030: Deep Space Gateway Last updated: 29/12/2023