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Taking Advantage of Graphene

6/12/2018

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https://futurism.com/videos/near-indestructible-gel-air/
Great for filling up space in plane, light and strong. Better than aluminum alloys probably
Really good insulator
EVERYWHERE

is compressible to 90%
stick in inflatable habitat, less room and insulates really well
APPLICABLE TO EVERYTHING
and 3-d printed
nice and cheap soon maybe
best material
filter your pee to drink it again

fuel tanks filled with this stuff absorbs fuel and keeps it structurally sound


Carbon cycle, use carbon and turn it into usable stuff, i.e. graphene
less carbon in carbon cycle = less carbon pollution

Battery
never builds up gunk or stuff in battery, because its not chemical based. 
Good for the environment

If we go to polar ice caps on Mars or something, we stick a graphene filter and water cracking thing and bingo bango bongo we have a supply of hydrogen fuel and oxygen.
 
Graphene is the next plastic
Plastic is bad, uses crude oil and doesnt decompose
Graphene can be used from readily abundant sources of carbon (the entire ecosystem is carbon-based) and 100% recyclable. 
Plastic is not 100% recyclable, depending on plastic type. And people just throw that stuff away anyways. 

"If they absorb moisture they usually suffer a structural change, such as contraction, and deteriorate, but degradation can be prevented by making them hydrophobic. " So no fuel cells. 

If tehy contract, then perfect for clean-ups

ez air filters
best surgical mask or somethin
super speedy ambulance thing

"Commercial manufacture of aerogel 'blankets' began around the year 2000, combining silica aerogel and fibrous reinforcement that turns the brittle aerogel into a durable, flexible material. The mechanical and thermal properties of the product may be varied based upon the choice of reinforcing fibers, the aerogel matrix and opacification additives included in the composite"
blankets
habitats
inflatable thing
everything

Better medicine/capsule



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Nanomanufacturing Applications

5/16/2018

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Bacterial growers and sensors to detect the growth
Creating materials and stuff necessary. 
​Remove bubble canopy, really don't know why i have it. 
How big
How heavy
What is it for
 - Emergency Medical Vehicle
 - Near Space
     - Moon building
     - Emergency movement
     - Personnel movement
     - 
 - Space Exploration
Use a cooler for the fusion engine, still have an intake. Liquid helium around the fusion engine. 
Make the outside kinda shiny
Multi-layer Insulation
Carbon-carbon stuff on the thrust cone
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Design Changes!

5/15/2018

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Now with a fatter fuselage! 

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May 13th, 2018

5/13/2018

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Mesh Design in OpenVSP

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Shaded Version in OpenVSP

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Mesh Model Rendered in Fusion 360

This is a very rudimentary design that is more for practice than practicality, but I'm working on implementing moving wings into the Fusion 360 model to allow animations and rendering in Blender. A few things need to be improved: Scaling, the weird doohicky in the wings, and blending in the canards. Also, the design needs to be much fatter, probably going to blend the fuselage and wings into one structure to create a greater area for fuel, engines, etc. 
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The Orca and Remora!!!

5/9/2018

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These are the ideas I'm exploring
Future of spacecraft: 
​Eat bacteria engineered create amino acids
Disgusting, but works
Bacterial protein paste
Drugs and others
Electrical neural networking
Inside and outside
Synthetic biology
Sensors
Self-repairing materials
Impervious to radiation

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Thoughts

5/2/2018

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Quantum Computing
No need
Only need a good enough computer for autopilot and controls
Fly-by-wire
Optical Computing
Nope
Aneutronic Fusion - Uber high temperatures, maybe feasible in the distant future, but probably not able to do right now with tokamaks or compact fusion
How do we direct a few billion degree thrust?
How do we direct a few million degree thrust? 

How does compact fusion create thrust? Shape and consistency? 
compact fusion lawson's criterion
Magnetic nozzle for greater thrust control and not burn our nozzle
Muon generator, not important

Self-repairing hull
How do we get it to work in space
Kevlar shielding, use a self-repairing hull for multiple hits
Scab
AI monitors, inside and outside security
Reacting as it's happening, simulations
Another human being ship
Adaptive
Self-healing
Self-aware because of all the sensors
Nanorobotics
Robots that spray catalyst
Robot bay
Mothership "Orca"
"Remoras" - magnetic with spray thingy and other repair stuff
The heart, the brain, the legs

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Ideas on Design!

4/25/2018

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Is putting fusion into an airplane feasible? 
Yes. A fusion-powered airplane can provide a variety of benefits. Efficient fuel consumption, less pollutants, cheaper fuel, and smaller engine are all benefits that a fusion engine can provide. 

Ideas about space shuttle redesign: 
The rubber o-ring failure

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Purpose and Abstract

4/25/2018

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Introduction:
One summer night, I raised my 5-year old eyes towards the sky and sighed, "Ah, the moon". Although this fragment of a sentence may seem archaic and . Throughout my childhood, I've gawked at jets and helicopters during air shows and drew fantastical spaceships and fighter jets, twirling in endless loops and spirals. 
The first idea I had for my project was to fix something from the past; the space shuttle. The space shuttle program, although successful, was flawed in many ways. For instance, the space shuttle used solid rocket boosters to reach orbit. These, once lit, burned at maximum thrust until it ran out of fuel, and were about as safe as strapping a bomb to your chair and hoping it would launch you upwards. Also, the space shuttle did not have an escape plan in the event of an emergency, something even the Apollo mission had in the form of a booster built to launch the command pod away from the spacecraft. Finally, the space shuttle was known as the flying brick. Space shuttle commanders trained in a Grumman Gulfstream C-11 with the landing gear down, the engines in reverse, blinds on the sides and the flaps up. However, I had initially decided against this, as no one used 
Korolev

Powerplant: Compact fusion
Aerial and in space Stability
Center of mass, lift, and thrust
Additional systems
Cockpit
Landing gear
Landing gear covers
Gear bay
SAS SLS
RCS
Variable geometry wing
Power
Generator and engine
Troubleshooting
Change in velocity
TTW ratio
Instability
Entry aerodynamics
+ Angle of attack
Fulcrum
Spins out
Vertical Tail fin
Tons of drag
Use singular control surface
Engine blowout
Engine layout
Where does the engine sit? 
Thrust nozzles
Flipping out
Center of mass and center of lift
Can't reach orbit
Delta V
Air intakes?
Airbrakes
Ai - Two flaps thingy
landing where we want
trajectory
retrograde
Payload bay
One system
Mid-range
Cargo
People
Weight
Fuel
Radioactive shielding
Water-based RCS Monopropellant
Will water freeze
How do we limit the thrust, how do we not nuke the area

Purpose: 
The purpose of this project is to create a feasible model of a Single-Stage To Orbit spacecraft that can provide the necessary environment for a compact fusion engine, developed by Lockheed Martin. 

Procedure: Make the thing. Maybe 3-D print a model. 

Results: Should be a plausible model. Don't have to build the actual thing, obviously

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Possible Project Idea

4/24/2018

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Nuclear fusion is where deuterium and tritium is smashed together to create helium, an extra neutron, and a ton of energy. The benefits to nuclear fusion is that the input and output can be completely controlled, as the reactants and products are different. Compared to nuclear fission, a neutron is smashed into 235U and creates two broken pieces and a few more neutrons. These neutrons then create a chain reaction known as nuclear meltdown. 
Nuclear fusion also uses significantly less fuel to create and less shielding than nuclear fission. 
Nuclear fusion is a great alternative to many sources of energy. But I wondered whether or not it could be applicable to a airplane. An airplane equipped with nuclear fusion could stay in the air for days or months, restricted only by fatigue and supplies. 

Img: Lockheed Martin Skunkworks

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Research Begins!

4/19/2018

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https://phys.org/news/2016-04-inflatable-modules-future-space-habitats.html

​https://splinternews.com/face-it-america-the-space-shuttle-was-a-total-failure-1793854408
The ship itself broke apart due to aerodynamic forces—it basically plunged toward the ocean at the speed of sound. The shuttle was not designed to let the crew escape in case of an in-flight emergency. All those aboard died, including social studies teacher Christa McAuliffe. There are hints that the crew remained conscious until the shuttle hit the Atlantic Ocean.
“The fundamental problem was that SRBs are dangerous because they are not engines. Think of a rocket booster as an elongated powder keg with a nozzle at the bottom. Once you light it, you cannot stop its burn. You cannot throttle it down in case of malfunction. Yet SRBs were chosen because they offered a more economical solution to meet the program's budgetary constraints.”
“Solid boosters are often used in unmanned rocket launches because they are cheap to manufacture and provide high levels of thrust without a corresponding increase in complexity. They are not typically used in manned spacecraft because they produce a very rough ride and cannot be shut down.”

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