A Transportation Model for a Space Colonization and Manufacturing System: A Q-GERT Simulation.
Abstract
A computer simulation model of a transportation system for a hypothetical Space Colonization and Manufacturing System (SCMS) was developed to show how the transportation system will possibly function. The model, written in Q-GERT, a simulation languages which allows a graphical presentation of the system, could be modified to experiment with different transportation strategies. While the SCMS is based mostly on current information, it is very likely that an entirely different system will eventually be developed. With this being the case, the main objective was not to just build a model for a particular system but to illustrate a methodology which could be used with another system. The SCMS consists of six facilities in different orbits: three situated at Lagrangian points of the Earth-Moon system and the other three in low Earth orbit, geostationary Earth orbit, and low lunar orbit. The main activities of the SCMS are to build space colonies, to build Satellite Solar Power Stations, and to process lunar and asteroidal ore. The major component of the transportation system is the Inter-Orbital Shuttle which moves goods between the points in the SCMS and is unloaded, serviced, and loaded at each of the facilities. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1982
- Accession Number
- ADA124685
Entities
People
- Lynn Arthur Wagner Jr
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology