Useful Links
Feel free to email us with suggested additions or to report dead links: theauroratrilogy@gmail.com
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Space-Based Solar
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www.energy.gov/space-based-solar-power
- Short DOE summary
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www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Engineering_Technology/SOLARIS/SOLARIS2
- European Space Agency Solaris program - 2022
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scitechdaily.com/esa-solaris-wireless-power-beamed-down-from-space/
-Summary of ESA Solaris
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ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20160004679/downloads/20160004679.pdf
​- 2015 NASA study of solar arrays for deep space missions
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www.caltech.edu/about/news/caltech-to-launch-space-solar-power-technology-demo-into-orbit-in-january
​- CalTech launch of SBSP demonstrator, Jan 2023
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Asteroid Mining
arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1810/1810.03836.pdf
www.rand.org/blog/2022/11/governance-in-space-mining-the-moon-and-beyond.html
www.space.com/space-mining-grinding-into-reality
hir.harvard.edu/economics-of-the-stars/
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Fusion Power
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thebulletin.org/2017/04/fusion-reactors-not-what-theyre-cracked-up-to-be/
thebulletin.org/2018/02/iter-is-a-showcase-for-the-drawbacks-of-fusion-energy/
newenergytimes.com/v2/sr/iter/Krivit.-S.-The-Nuclear-Fusion-Bubble-Is-Going-to-Burst.pdf
- Excellent lay discussion of the sun’s complex fusion process
patents.google.com/patent/EP3215657A1/en
- Patent on tritium extraction from lithium blankets
www.fusion.qst.go.jp/rokkasyo/en/project/blanket.html
- Japanese plans for tritium extraction
www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1305833
- Lithium blanket study
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Engines
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www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/
- Huge compendium of technical discussions of hundreds of potential propulsion systems
www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/enginelist2.php#fusiondrive
www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/fusionfuel.php
www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/enginelist3.php#fusionfuels
www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/enginelist2.php#instar
solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/382/10-things-rockets-we-love-saturn-v
www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1182281
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1741-4326/ab394c/meta
- D-D+D fusion engine
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Antimatter
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indico.cern.ch/event/104466/attachments/15569/22575/The_Bevatron.pdf
www.wired.com/2009/07/bevatron/
alpha.web.cern.ch/science/antiproton-capture
www.annualreviews.org/doi/pdf/10.1146/annurev.ns.43.120193.001345
link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epja/s10050-022-00713-x
physics.aps.org/articles/v15/8
- Includes discussion of Penning Traps
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Antimatter Engines
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S009457651400040X
www.scirp.org/journal/paperinformation.aspx?paperid=95763
O’Neill Cylinders
space.nss.org/the-colonization-of-space-gerard-k-o-neill-physics-today-1974/
- O’Neill article in Physics Today, September, 1974
www.sciencefriday.com/articles/this-70s-artist-painted-our-future-in-space/
- Article about Rick Guidice, commissioned by NASA to illustrate O’Neill colonies
medium.com/predict/3d0eabe2f2e0
- Discussion about the advantages of rotating colonies vs planetary surfaces
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O’Neill Cylinder Art
www.artstation.com/artwork/yJdrR8
www.artstation.com/artwork/ELA3K
www.artstation.com/artwork/28NNB
www.artstation.com/artwork/vGYLa
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Artificial Gravity
www.artificial-gravity.com/IAC-10-D1.1.4.pdf
- Design Concepts for Artificial Gravity Research Facility
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www.thespacereview.com/article/4295/1
​- Follow-up to the above
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lasp.colorado.edu/mop/files/2019/08/Humans-Will-Never-Colonize-Mars.pdf
- Includes discussion of possible low-g effects on Mars
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Space Colonies
upcommons.upc.edu/bitstream/handle/2117/335515/Article%20of%20The%20Prototype%20of%20Orbital%20Space%20Station.pdf
- “Prototype of an Orbital Space Station for Space Colonization”
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Interstellar Travel
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www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/roadmap_to_interstellar_flight_tagged.pdf
- A Roadmap to Interstellar Flight, Philip Lubin, UC Santa Barbara
epizodyspace.ru/bibl/inostr-yazyki/long/Space_Propulsion.pdf
- Deep Space Propulsion, K. F. Long
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Barnard’s Star
earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/barnards-star-closest-stars-famous-stars/
- Overview of Barnard’s Star
www.swarthmore.edu/a-brief-history/1963-astronomer-peter-van-de-kamp-discovers-planetary-system
- “Discovery” of first exoplanet (later disproved) in 1963
astrobiology.nasa.gov/news/barnards-star/
- 2017 Discovery of BS exoplanet
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ac0057
- 2021 Study refutes 2017 discovery
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Coriolis
oikofuge.com/coriolis-effect-rotating-space-habitat/
- Coriolis effect
www.bogan.ca/physics/coriolis.html
- Rotating Space Station Dynamics
www.npl.washington.edu/av/altvw18.html
- Artificial Gravity: Which way is Up?
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Tables
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Solar_System_objects_by_size
- Fun, sortable table of objects in solar system
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_population_density
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Calculators
www.omnicalculator.com/physics/orbital-velocity
www.omnicalculator.com/physics/schwarzschild-radius
www.omnicalculator.com/physics/gravitational-force
www.orbitsimulator.com/formulas/LagrangePointFinder.html
space.geometrian.com/calcs/artificial-gravity.php
www.artificial-gravity.com/sw/SpinCalc/
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Stath
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www.rsc.org/news-events/community/2017/jan/new-elements
- Overview of Island of Stability from 2017
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www.thoughtco.com/island-stability-discovering-new-superheavy-elements-4018746
- Island of Stability and specifically element 126, Unbihexium—what we call Stath
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handwiki.org/wiki/Chemistry:Unbiunium#Isotopes
- Discussion of Element 121, which would likely be discovered before Stath and could also be semi-stable
- “Isotopes of Unbiunium” (element 121)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unbihexium
www.chemeurope.com/en/encyclopedia/Unbihexium.html
- Possible physical properties from a model of E126-310
- Paper on super heavy elements in Przybylski's star
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twitter.com/FSVO/status/271560783127781377
​- Best science tweet ever
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Hibernation
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www.healthline.com/health/can-humans-hibernate#how-it-might-work
- Starts by saying it doesn’t exist, but goes on to say it probably will in the future
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www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0094576516310694
- 2017 NASA study of Mars mission to include use of “torpor” to reduce supplies consumption 75%
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/brv.12671
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Sci-Fi Tech
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www.datascienceprograms.com/learn/the-role-of-data-science-in-astronomy-and-interstellar-exploration
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​- Ton of articles on technical issues in sci-fi
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Lists of Links
- ton of links or wide range of topics:
www.hobbyspace.com/Links/LaunchPropulsion1.html#NewUnconventional
www.hobbyspace.com/Links/spaceLife2.html