John Jossy on LinkedIn: The benefits of artificial gravity for space settlements (2024)

South Korea plans to enter the space solar power arena in their own way with a design for a 12 square kilometer solar cell array in Geosynchronous Orbit beaming 2GW of delivered power to a rectenna located in the Demilitarized Zone. Joon-Min Choi and Su-Jin Choi of the Korea Aerospace Research Institute and Sang-Hwa Yi of the Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute also include a novel approach for decommissioning the facility and describe plans for a near term Low Earth Orbit small sat pilot demonstration flight in their paper in a new publication called the Journal of Space Power and Wireless Transmission. https://lnkd.in/gs654ybv

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NASA and space settlement advocates are justifiably excited about resources on the Moon, especially water ice known to be present in permanently shadowed regions at the lunar poles, because of it’s potential as a source of oxygen and fuel that could be sourced in situ, saving the costs of transporting these valuable commodities from Earth. But we don't know exactly where and how much ice there is, or how its distributed in the lunar regolith. Time for a prospecting campaign for liquid gold to kickstart a cislunar economy toward #spacesettlement! https://lnkd.in/gYpKZBud

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Here's a sneak peak of my upcoming presentation for the Living in Space track at ISDC2024 in LA. IMO, the Gravity Prescription for human reproduction will shape the future of #spacesettlement. Hope to see you there!https://lnkd.in/g3GHNyUJ

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The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency recently published a report of their Lunar Farming Concept Study Working Group.This work will help inform designs of plant factories to produce food and air for space settlements on the Moon! https://lnkd.in/g5btZ5yN

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Here's how economic benefits from space mining will spur sustainable growth on Earth while enabling #spacesettlement as humanity expands out into the solar system https://lnkd.in/gdMdnGpZ

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Congrats to the @NeumannSpace team for a successful on-orbit demo of their arc discharge thruster and a partnership withCisLunar Industries with plans to recycle orbital debris turning trash (spent payloads) into treasure (propellent)https://lnkd.in/gACaJuuY

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Excellent proposal for a Greater Earth Lunar Power Station by the Swiss Company Astrostrom which could eventually provide clean space-based solar power for Earth paving the way for #spacesettlement https://lnkd.in/gnNaHP2p

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Astrochemical Engineering: a potential postgraduate degree for the next generation of chemical engineers, adapting processes to conditions in space for harnessing resources on the high frontier #spacesettlementhttps://lnkd.in/g7XfZazR

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