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| Foreword |
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| Introduction |
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SECTION ONE POWER AND PROPULSION |
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Chapter One Introduction to Practical and Available Power Systems |
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Chapter Two Pressurized Water Reactors |
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Chapter Three Boiling Water Reactors |
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Chapter Four Molten Salt Reactors |
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Chapter Five Liquid Metal Cooled Reactors |
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Chapter Six The High Temperature Helium Gas-Based Brayton Cycle Supercritical CO2 Reactor |
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Chapter Seven Nuclear Fusion Reactors |
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Chapter Eight Auxiliary Power Sources |
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Chapter Nine A Brief Introduction to Propulsion |
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Chapter Ten Nuclear Propulsion Systems |
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Chapter Eleven Chemical Propulsion Systems |
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Chapter Twelve Solar Sails |
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Chapter Thirteen Multimodal and Multiphased Propulsion |
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SECTION TWO MATERIALS FOR INTERPLANETARY/INTERSTELLAR SPACECRAFT |
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Chapter Fourteen Introduction to Materials for Space Arks |
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Chapter Fifteen Metals for Space |
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Chapter Sixteen Composite Materials |
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Chapter Seventeen Other Materials of Interest |
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SECTION THREE MANUFACTURING PROCESSES AND DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS |
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Chapter Eighteen Introduction to Manufacturing Processes for Spacecraft |
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Chapter Nineteen Manufacturing: Techniques and Approaches for Metals |
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Chapter Twenty Manufacturing: Techniques and Approaches for Composites |
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Chapter Twenty-One Other Manufacturing Techniques of Interest |
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SECTION FOUR BUILDING THE ARK |
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Chapter Twenty-Two First Things First |
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Chapter Twenty-Three Design Considerations for Space Arks |
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Chapter Twenty-Four Space Ark Propulsion and Power Systems |
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Chapter Twenty-Five Designing the Superstructure, Outer Hulls, and Toroids |
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Chapter Twenty-Six Interior Components of the Habitat Toruses |
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Chapter Twenty-Seven The Engineering Torus |
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Chapter Twenty-Eight Agriculture Aboard the Ark - Engineering An Ecosystem |
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Chapter Twenty-Nine Genesis and Eden Chambers |
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Chapter Thirty Exploration and Landing Craft |
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SECTION FIVE FLIGHT OPERATIONS |
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Chapter Thirty-One Beginning the Journey - Powered Flight |
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Chapter Thirty-Two Harnessing the Stars and Planets |
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SECTION SIX HUMAN CONSIDERATIONS |
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Chapter Thirty-Three Human Tolerances |
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206 | (15) |
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Chapter Thirty-Four Command and Control and Societal Governance Aboard a Space Ark |
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SECTION SEVEN CHALLENGES TO BUILDING A SPACE ARK |
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Chapter Thirty-Five Technical Challenges |
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Chapter Thirty-Six Obstacles and Conflicting Priorities |
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Epilog: Far Horizons and Other Possibilities |
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Appendix C Metals Processing Methods |
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Appendix D Alternative Fuels and Oberth Maneuvers |
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