Skycab Aerospace

Overview:

To help streamline the vast amounts of information I am recieving, I have decided to create this section to help consolidate the fundamentals. This is the continuation of several dozen accepted theories and laws in our theoretical intergalactic space program.

First, in a more robust and formidable program than what is currently public, we have to reconfigure the human being for extremes in temperature, duration, acceleration, psychology, and the senses. This means that you could travel through the harshest environments for 1000 years. We need to remove the necessesities for food, water, climate control, atmosphere, and sleep. Current undertakings in neurology show that it may be possible to transfer the mind to solid-state electronics as one possible step. As a backup, you have redundancy in this transfer. Using something similar to a flight data recorder, you would securely store your mind in multiple locations. Through quantum entanglement of identical systems, it may be possible to have continuous data recording and memory. Flight control and other critical processes would have redundancy as well. Like a supply line convoy, you would have a small armada as additional redundancy.

Relativity:

Certain frames of reference would be absolute among crew including time. Other specific references would be absolute as well - you have to be seeing the same things and at the same times for cohesiveness in procedure and protocol. Aside from the absolutes, each individual would bring unique skills that would contribute to the sum total. Simulated training could be accomplished on the ground in a 3D program.

Accelerating Force Limits:

These limits might be constrained by fuel energy, materials tolerances, and the humanoid. Tidal forces on small objects might be one gauge of tolerable accelerating forces. You would need at least 2 measurements in an idealized situation. Of course, there are probably other clever ways of finding these limits on the ground. The human being can withstand only a few Gs for limited periods. We would probably want to accomplish several hundred Gs of acceleration at the least and would probably want to explore nuclear power as a starting point. My initial distance calculation of a 10G acceleration puts a projectile at 60,273,896,727,272.727272727272727273 miles in 1 year. Following are some additional numbers and derived estimates:

Accelerations:

Acceleration 1G = 32 ft/s^2
Derivation = 2s(32) (velocity)
17,918,181,818,181.818181818181818182 intantaneous velocity 1 year 1G
31,536,000 s/1year
994,519,296,000,000 s^2 1year
(32)994,519,296,000,000=31,824,617,472,000,000
31,824,617,472,000,000/5280(feet/mile)
6,027,389,672,727.2727272727272727273 = 6 trillion miles 1 year

Using the above numbers you obtain the following:

~6*10^14 miles 100G 1year /////100,000,000,000,000 -----600 trillion miles (100G acceleration)
~6*10^12 miles c 1year /////1,000,000,000,000 -----6 trillion miles (speed of light)
~6*10^12 miles 1G 1year -----6 trillion miles (1G acceleration)

I have been told that the forces required to reach this level grows out of bounds based on some formulas. However, I believe there are a couple of ways to transition beyond these bounds. Furthermore, these bounds may be negligible at approaching speeds and forces. I believe the nearest star may be as far as 24,000,000,000,000.

I may refine these initial numbers as I put some additional eyeballs on them, but they offer a crude idea of some of the forces, distances, and numbers to help build a case for an alternative and radical space program that should consider reforming and conditioning the human being.

Inertial Navigation:

Using inertial navigation technology such as those found in flight data recorders and cochlear implant technologies, you could broaden the ranges of inertia sensing for purposes of orientation when no reference point is available. In the absence of references, inertial navigation and sensing would give you orientations in spacetime.

Debri Fields:

With current technology, you could scan several minutes ahead for debri even at 75% the speed of light with good resolution to pinpoint a possible "golden bb" of only a few millimeters. There are several ways of scanning this field to include locating high speed perpendicular trajectories that are inline.

Long Duration Flights:

You could be "unplugged" and fall asleep (suspended state). An embedded timer could "wake you" (rebooting).

Robotics:

Using memory polymer alloy technologies, you could achieve a wide variety of movement with very little energy. In selecting materials, you would want to consider large thresholds of temperature (several thousand degrees K), strength, and durability - and other criteria determined by the mission.

R&D:

By continuing to push these frontiers, just some of the payoffs are listed in the following.

Practical Technologies:

Robotics, Medicine, Psychology, Communications, Simulations, Computing, Energy, and Materials Engineering