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1 Introduction; Assumptions; 2 Water; Radiation Shielding; Heat Management; Life Support; Consumables; Debris Shielding; The Effect of Water on Crew Consumables; 3 Propulsion; Advantages and Disadvantages of Spacecoach Propulsion; Dead Weight to Working Mass; Safety; Fuel Efficiency; Refueling; Upgradability; The Rocket Equation; The Spacecoach Equation; Electric Engines; Resistojets; Microwave Electrothermal Engines (MET); RF Arc Jets; Electrodeless Lorentz Force Thrusters; Helicon Double Layer Thrusters; Hall Effect Thrusters; An Overview of Electric Propulsion Systems
Combining Different Electric Propulsion TechnologiesCombining Chemical and Electrical Propulsion; Research and Development Pathway; Timeline; Questions and Gating Factors; 4 Power Plants; Battery-Assisted Solar Electric Propulsion (Exploiting the Oberth Effect); Questions and Gating Factors; 5 Life Support, Materials and Artificial Gravity; Oxygen Generation; Consumable Propellant; Carbon Supply Chain; Thermal Management; Carbon Dioxide Elimination; Radiation Shielding; Debris Shielding (Pykrete) ; Artificial Gravity; Questions and Gating Factors; 6 Upgradability
Solar Arrays and Electrical BusElectric Engine Arrays; Life Support and Agricultural Systems; Avionics and Communications; Navigation Equipment; Habitable Modules; Perpetual Supply Chain; Upgrade Costs; Surface Launcher Reusability; 7 Landers; Low Gravity Moons (Phobos and Deimos) and Asteroids; Ceres; High Gravity Moons; Summary; 8 Safety and Autonomy; Space Debris; Electrical Power and Propulsion; Attitude Control; Oxygen Generation and Life Support; Food; Communication; 9 A Spacecoach Reference Design and Timeline; The Spacecoach Design Philosophy; The Crewed Ship; Cargo Ships; Landers
Development and Construction TimelineGround-Based Research (What's in the Works Now); Small Satellites (Near Future); Scaled Down Uncrewed Ship (3-5 Years); The USS Roddenberry; Mars Orbital Mission; The Fleet Grows; 10 Mission Templates and Cost Estimates; 11 Missions to the Cis-Lunar Environment, the Martian Moons, and the Asteroids; Cis-Lunar Space; Moon Mission Economics; Initial Ship Delivery to EML-2; Per Mission Supply Costs; Crew Launch and Return; Total; The Martian Moons; Martian Moons Mission Economics; Initial Ship Delivery and Amortization; Per Mission Refueling and Resupply Cost
Crew Launch and ReturnTotal; Cost Reduction Strategies; Asteroid Interception and Mining; 12 Ceres and In Situ Resource Utilization; Why Ceres?; Surface Operations; Mission Economics; Initial Ship Delivery and Amortization; Per Mission Resupply Cost; Crew Launch and Return Cost; Total; In Situ Resource Utilization; Water ()for Consumables and Propulsion); Regolith (for Shielding, Propulsion and Tools); Pykrete (for Surface Construction); 13 Venus and Mercury; Venus; Mission Economics; Ship Delivery and Amortization; Per Mission Resupply Costs; Crew Launch and Return; Total; Mercury
Combining Different Electric Propulsion TechnologiesCombining Chemical and Electrical Propulsion; Research and Development Pathway; Timeline; Questions and Gating Factors; 4 Power Plants; Battery-Assisted Solar Electric Propulsion (Exploiting the Oberth Effect); Questions and Gating Factors; 5 Life Support, Materials and Artificial Gravity; Oxygen Generation; Consumable Propellant; Carbon Supply Chain; Thermal Management; Carbon Dioxide Elimination; Radiation Shielding; Debris Shielding (Pykrete) ; Artificial Gravity; Questions and Gating Factors; 6 Upgradability
Solar Arrays and Electrical BusElectric Engine Arrays; Life Support and Agricultural Systems; Avionics and Communications; Navigation Equipment; Habitable Modules; Perpetual Supply Chain; Upgrade Costs; Surface Launcher Reusability; 7 Landers; Low Gravity Moons (Phobos and Deimos) and Asteroids; Ceres; High Gravity Moons; Summary; 8 Safety and Autonomy; Space Debris; Electrical Power and Propulsion; Attitude Control; Oxygen Generation and Life Support; Food; Communication; 9 A Spacecoach Reference Design and Timeline; The Spacecoach Design Philosophy; The Crewed Ship; Cargo Ships; Landers
Development and Construction TimelineGround-Based Research (What's in the Works Now); Small Satellites (Near Future); Scaled Down Uncrewed Ship (3-5 Years); The USS Roddenberry; Mars Orbital Mission; The Fleet Grows; 10 Mission Templates and Cost Estimates; 11 Missions to the Cis-Lunar Environment, the Martian Moons, and the Asteroids; Cis-Lunar Space; Moon Mission Economics; Initial Ship Delivery to EML-2; Per Mission Supply Costs; Crew Launch and Return; Total; The Martian Moons; Martian Moons Mission Economics; Initial Ship Delivery and Amortization; Per Mission Refueling and Resupply Cost
Crew Launch and ReturnTotal; Cost Reduction Strategies; Asteroid Interception and Mining; 12 Ceres and In Situ Resource Utilization; Why Ceres?; Surface Operations; Mission Economics; Initial Ship Delivery and Amortization; Per Mission Resupply Cost; Crew Launch and Return Cost; Total; In Situ Resource Utilization; Water ()for Consumables and Propulsion); Regolith (for Shielding, Propulsion and Tools); Pykrete (for Surface Construction); 13 Venus and Mercury; Venus; Mission Economics; Ship Delivery and Amortization; Per Mission Resupply Costs; Crew Launch and Return; Total; Mercury