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ADAPTATION STRATEGY: Human Spaceflight Technologies for Critical Structures and Infrastructure

ASTE 527 Concept Course Advisor: Prof. Thangavelu Jing Zhang. ADAPTATION STRATEGY: Human Spaceflight Technologies for Critical Structures and Infrastructure. Context - External and Internal Threats. What if we are not prepared?. Context - Climate Change Conundrum.

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ADAPTATION STRATEGY: Human Spaceflight Technologies for Critical Structures and Infrastructure

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  1. ASTE 527 Concept Course Advisor: Prof. Thangavelu Jing Zhang

    ADAPTATION STRATEGY:Human Spaceflight Technologies for Critical Structures and Infrastructure

  2. Context - External and Internal Threats

  3. What if we are not prepared?

  4. Context-ClimateChange Conundrum Planet Earth is highly complex system Insufficient Scientific Data Current range of data, tools and models not adequate Potential Engineering Solution Adaptation projects employing high technology and Macro Engineering principles
  5. Context-Critical Structure and Critical Infrastructure A system or systems that protects humanity and life sustenance over indefinite periods, should things go terribly wrong due to unforeseen events caused by external or internal agents beyond our control.
  6. Spaceship Earth – Buckminster Fuller
  7. Historical background-Arcology Arcology (Architecture + Ecology) Visionary architects have designed near self-sufficient architectures(5) Minimize the destructive impact of development on the Earth Arcosanti began construction in 1970 in central Arizona
  8. Freedom Ship –Norman Nixon
  9. West Edmonton Mall - Canada
  10. Marine City - KiyonaruKikutake
  11. Biosphere ll- Arizona
  12. Biosphere – Montreal, CA
  13. Eden Project – Cornwall, UK
  14. Ark Hotel –Remistudio, Russia
  15. Historicalbackground-Masdar City Rely entirely on solar energy and other renewable energy sources, with a sustainable, zero-carbon, zero-waste ecology Planned to cover 6 square kilometres and home to 45,000 to 50,000  people and 1,500 businesses Total cost $20 billion 400K per person 120m2/person
  16. Historical background McMurdo Station U.S. Antarctic research center  Technologically-advanced, self-sufficient human community Las Vegas Strip Protect people from the 45C (110F) heat Travel between several different casinos without ever going outdoors
  17. Svaalbard Seed Vault
  18. International Space Station
  19. Rationale Critical technical issues already resolved and developed in human space technology Closed Ecological Life Support System (CELSS) in development(6) Sufficient energy supply , solar energy and nuclear energy, RORSAT, SNAP-10A (7,8) Thermal Control System Redundant, system cross-strapping and backups for safety and reliability SNAP: 22.4 cm*39.62 cm 30kW for a year
  20. Rationale Water and atmospheric control systems
  21. Concept-Possible structures Potential Natural Sites for Large Population Shelters Natural caves and lava tubes Giant quarries after mining Manmade structures
  22. Concept-Example of Quarry Utilization
  23. Concept – Adaptation using current and advanced Human Space Technologies Energy support and control Solar energy(10) Nuclear energy Support the whole habitat if solar energy is not viable Heat exchange ISS shielding technology(9) Particle Radiation Meteorite impact Hazardous gas Fatal virus and patient quarantine
  24. Concept - Environmental Control and Life Support System (ECLSS) WaTER and air Food Algae and other plants grow inside the shelter CEAC Antarctica food chamber Lunar Green House Project Hydroponics, Aquaponics WASTE Supercritical Oxidation Recycling Water recycling Oxygen Extracted from the outside polluted air From plants in the manmade biosphere Generated by decomposing water and chemicals as in spaceship
  25. Merits and Limitations Merits Take advantage of existing space technology and generate profit Reduce dependence on natural resources for sustainable development Supplement Planetary Defense Strategies Provide reference for long-distance space exploration Limitations Large amount of investment in a short period, for US 400K*0.3Billion/4=30 Trillion, Global, national consensus lacking Reliable shielding materials and methods that can withstand large impact shock and after effects over long periods Rapid, large population evacuation strategies
  26. Conclusion As Charles Darwin pointed out, only the adaptable survive. Flora and Fauna are adapting to changes continuously. Combine space technology and architectural technology, we could build critical structures and infrastructures enabling human beings to survive cataclysmic events beyond our control. We will adapt to future environment.
  27. Conclusion The self-sustainable projects would push forward future space technology With this knowledge, human beings, in giant sustainable biosphere ships, would really step out of the Earth’s cradle to settle the length and breadth of the universe.
  28. Further studies Utilize self-sustaining space technology in macro engineering scale. Bring down the cost Prove adaptation saves more in the long run. 210 Billion/400K=0.5 million (11) 12Trillion*20%/400K=64 million (12) 438Billion*10/400K= 109 million (13) Enhance global cooperation and collaboration on massive scale projects
  29. Prof.James Lovelock on Adaptation to Climate Change "I've always said that adaptation is the most serious thing we can do" On whether we are capable as a species of tackling climate change:I don't think we're yet evolved to the point where we're clever enough to handle a complex a situation as climate change. We're very active animals. We like to think: "Ah yes, this will be a good policy," but it's almost never that simple. Wars show this to be true. People are very certain they are fighting a just cause, but it doesn't always work out like that. Climate change is kind of a repetition of a war-time situation. It could quite easily lead to a physical war. That's why I always come back to the safest thing to do being adaptation.
  30. References: “Asteroid Threats: A Call for Global Response." Astronomy Jan. 2009 Bronstert, A. (2003), Floods and Climate Change: Interactions and Impacts. Risk Analysis, 23: 545–557. doi: 10.1111/1539-6924.00335 http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/ Atmospheric science: Enigma of the recent methane budget, Nature 476, 157–158 (11 August 2011) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcology#Development D.F. Doerr, Interaction between exercising humans and growing plants in a closed ecological life support system, ActaAstronautica, Volume 36, Issues 8-12, October-December 1995, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RORSAT http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNAP-10A Extreme Climate Control Membrane Structures, 2006, Volume 54, 151-174, DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-4604-9_9 Sui Pheng Low, & Xiu Ting Goh. (2010). Exploring outer space technologies for sustainable buildings. Facilities,28(1/2), 31-45 Shaping Climate Resistant Development report "Climate costs." Nature 461.7261 (2009): 150. Academic OneFile. Web. 13 Dec. 2011 Frank Ackerma, The Cost of Climate Change, NRDC REPORT 2008

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