{"id":21513,"date":"2020-03-26T16:58:59","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T20:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=21513"},"modified":"2020-03-26T16:58:59","modified_gmt":"2020-03-26T20:58:59","slug":"space-settlement-roundup-mar-26-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=21513","title":{"rendered":"Space settlement roundup \u2013 Mar.26.2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A sampling of recent articles, videos, and images related to human expansion into the solar system (see also <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=18\">previous space settlement postings<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p>** <strong>Joel Sercel &#8211; Mini Bee Prototype for Asteroid Mining<\/strong> &#8211; Cold Star Project S02E09 &#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>The Mini Bee asteroid mining craft prototype is the topic of this episode of the Cold Star Project, and Dr. Joel Sercel is our guest. <a href=\"https:\/\/momentus.space\/\">Momentus Space<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transastracorp.com\/\">TransAstra<\/a> are teaming up with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/spacetech\/niac\/index.html\">NASA NIAC<\/a> grant and other investors to prove the concept of this new asteroid mining technology. Dr. Sercel has considerable experience in the space field, having designed JPL&#8217;s space project process. We cover:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>&#8211; tradeoffs in vehicle design of the Mini Bee -process for Mini Bee proof of concept<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">&#8211; &#8220;process maturity&#8221; concept for Air Force projects he lead -biggest surprise in his JPL experience<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>&#8211; smallsat market predictions.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Mini Bee project info on NASA site:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/spacetech\/niac\/2019_Phase_I_Phase_II\/Mini_Bee_Prototype\/\">https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/spa&#8230;<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ce9RrmQwr4U?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A NIAC infographic about the Mini Bee and optical mining concept:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21356\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21356\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/spacetech\/niac\/2019_Phase_I_Phase_II\/Mini_Bee_Prototype\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21356\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=21356\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/niac_2019_sercel_01.png\" data-orig-size=\"1041,737\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mini Bee Optical Mining System\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Mini Bee optical mining system for extracting resources from asteroid and lunar material. Credits: Transastra Corp. &amp;#038; NIAC&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/niac_2019_sercel_01-1024x725.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21356\" src=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/niac_2019_sercel_01-500x354.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/niac_2019_sercel_01-500x354.png 500w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/niac_2019_sercel_01-1024x725.png 1024w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/niac_2019_sercel_01-768x544.png 768w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/niac_2019_sercel_01.png 1041w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21356\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mini Bee optical mining system for extracting resources from asteroid and lunar material. Credits: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transastracorp.com\/\">Transastra Corp<\/a>. &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/spacetech\/niac\/2019_Phase_I_Phase_II\/Mini_Bee_Prototype\/\">NIAC<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>** <strong>TransAstra&#8217;s Sun Flower solar powered module would enable extraction of water<\/strong> from permanently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transastracorp.com\/lunar-polar-mining-technology.html\">shadowed lunar craters<\/a> at the poles:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:6640446290037665792\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TransAstra lunar outpost concept &#8211; Joel Sercel on LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>NASA has funded TransAstra to find a way to make a lunar outpost. Our system can evolve into a tourist destination and then grow into a city. The problem we had to overcome is that with today\u2019s rocket technology launching just a single gallon of water to the Moon could cost upwards of $10M. Lunar outposts will need thousands of tons of water every year to drink, as a source of oxygen for air, and most importantly for rocket propellant. The best rocket propellant is made by breaking water into oxygen and hydrogen and liquifying the resulting gases at ultra low temperatures. Getting the water and turning it into rocket propellant will require megawatts of electric power. Solar arrays are not an option because the permanently shadowed regions that are expected to be loaded with ice haven\u2019t seen the light of the Sun for billions of years.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Our new patent pending invention, the Sun Flower&#x2122; solves that problem. Sun Flower flies to the Moon as a single modular spacecraft and soft lands itself on the icy surface. With its landing legs stabilized on the icy lunar surface the tower grows vertically out of a modest package until the top of the tower is in the sun.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t3ZnIQOmdG4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>** <strong>ESA&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/exploration.esa.int\/web\/moon\/-\/59102-about-prospect\">PROSPECT<\/a> will extract materials from the crater floors of the Moon&#8217;s South Pole<\/strong> and look for water. The package will launch in 2025 as a payload on Russia\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/Science_Exploration\/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration\/Exploration\/Luna\">Luna-27<\/a> lander: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Images\/2020\/03\/Hunting_out_water_on_the_Moon\">Hunting out water on the Moon &#8211; ESA<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>The overall payload is called Package for Resource Observation and in-Situ Prospecting for Exploration, Commercial exploitation and Transportation, or <a href=\"https:\/\/exploration.esa.int\/web\/moon\/-\/59102-about-prospect\">PROSPECT<\/a>. A drill called ProSEED will extract samples, expected to contain water ice and other chemicals that can become trapped at the extremely low temperatures expected; typically -150 \u00b0C beneath the surface to lower than -200 \u00b0C in some areas.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Samples taken by the drill will then be passed to the ProSPA chemical laboratory, being developed by an Open University team. These samples will then be heated to extract these cold-trapped volatiles and enable follow-up analysis.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21514\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21514\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Images\/2020\/03\/Hunting_out_water_on_the_Moon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21514\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=21514\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Hunting_out_water_on_the_Moon_pillars1.gif\" data-orig-size=\"600,338\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Hunting out water on the Moon\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;ESA posts this A map of possible water beneath the surface of the Moon\u2019s South Pole, based on temperature data from NASA\u2019s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Hunting_out_water_on_the_Moon_pillars1.gif\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21514\" src=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Hunting_out_water_on_the_Moon_pillars1-500x282.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21514\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Images\/2020\/03\/Hunting_out_water_on_the_Moon\">ESA posts<\/a> this &#8220;map of possible water beneath the surface of the Moon\u2019s South Pole, based on temperature data from NASA\u2019s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter&#8221;.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>** <strong>Christopher Dreyer &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/space.mines.edu\/\">Space Resources Program<\/a> at the Colorado School of Mines<\/strong> &#8211; CSP S02E22<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Dr. Christopher Dreyer is the Associate Director of Engineering and co-creator of the Center for Space Resources at Colorado School of Mines. The School offers an exciting Space Resources Program and Dr. Dreyer has played an integral role in developing it. Chris meets with Cold Star Project host Jason Kanigan to discuss the Program. We cover: <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>&#8211; how Chris got involved with the idea of asteroid mining<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>&#8211; the way one creates a curriculum for something that hasn&#8217;t existed before<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em> &#8211; why the School decided to go with an online program format instead of in-class <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>&#8211; exactly what is taught in a course Dr. Dreyer developed for the program, such as Space Resources Fundamentals<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em> &#8211; what if any relevance Earth-based capabilities and experience the Colorado School of Mines developed has for asteroid mining<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em> &#8211; technologies available and being developed to prospect for and process resources in space<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>&#8211; how close or far away Dr. Dreyer believes we are to actual asteroid mining. <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>One of the first things I noticed on Dr. Dreyer&#8217;s LinkedIn profile was a recommendation from Dr. Joel Sercel, also a guest on this show. Dr. Sercel&#8217;s Momentus firm and Dr. Dreyer&#8217;s School do have a relationship and we discuss that in this episode. Dr. Sercel&#8217;s appearance is here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ce9RrmQwr4U\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ce9Rr&#8230;<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Space Resources Program: <a href=\"https:\/\/space.mines.edu\/\">https:\/\/space.mines.edu\/<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TRE2BNc1ack?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>** <strong>Elon Musk aims for a fleet of a 1000 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spacex.com\/starship\">Starships<\/a><\/strong> to transport thousands of people and thousands of tons of cargo every two years to Mars to build and maintain a permanent settlement until it can become self-sustaining.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/science\/2020\/03\/inside-elon-musks-plan-to-build-one-starship-a-week-and-settle-mars\/\">Inside Elon Musk\u2019s plan to build one Starship a week\u2014and settle Mars | Ars Technica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2020\/03\/09\/spacex-plans-how-elon-musk-see-life-on-mars.html\">SpaceX plans: How Elon Musk see life on Mars &#8211; CNBC.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Musk tweeted in January that the goal of his Starship transportation system to Mars will be to launch each of SpaceX\u2019s reusable Starship rockets about three times per day, on average, while carrying a 100-ton payload on each flight. with roughly 1,000 flights per year carrying more than 100 tons of cargo on each flight. At that rate, Musk theorizes, each Starship rocket would make roughly 1,000 flights per year, launching a total of 100,000 tons of cargo into orbit.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>\u201cSo, every 10 ships yield 1 megaton per year to orbit,\u201d Musk also tweeted in January.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>And 1,000 Starships could send \u201cmaybe around 100k people per Earth-Mars orbital sync,\u201d Musk added on Twitter, referring to the period, <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2017-04-mars-earth.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">every 26 months<\/a>, when Earth\u2019s and Mars\u2019 orbits are best aligned for an interplanetary journey. \u201cThat\u2019s the goal.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21446\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21446\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spacex.com\/mars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21446\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=21446\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/BFR-2018-on-Mars-SpaceX.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1500,844\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1537370397&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"StarShip on Mars\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Starships at a Mars settlement. Credits: SpaceX&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/BFR-2018-on-Mars-SpaceX-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-21446 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/BFR-2018-on-Mars-SpaceX-500x281.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/BFR-2018-on-Mars-SpaceX-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/BFR-2018-on-Mars-SpaceX-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/BFR-2018-on-Mars-SpaceX-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/BFR-2018-on-Mars-SpaceX.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21446\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Starships at a Mars settlement. Credits: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spacex.com\/mars\">SpaceX<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>** <strong>Bloomberg posted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLqq4LnWs3olWR-zshlDHm6Avj0oURtc1X\">series of videos<\/a> last fall on various aspects of large scale space development<\/strong> such as space factories and\u00a0 living in space. The full series will play out if you start with this one:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VlbZTyBuFlQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">==<strong><em> Amazon Ad<\/em><\/strong> ==<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1633885348\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1633885348&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=hobbyspace&amp;linkId=7ec96ebea81491302a758ed76d152d6a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Case for Space:<br \/>\nHow the Revolution in Spaceflight Opens Up<br \/>\na Future of Limitless Possibility<\/a><\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=hobbyspace&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1633885348\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ac&amp;ref=tf_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=1633885348&amp;asins=1633885348&amp;linkId=dc008bd5d89e31bff68df4b9cbebab8a&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true&amp;price_color=333333&amp;title_color=0066c0&amp;bg_color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A sampling of recent articles, videos, and images related to human expansion into the solar system (see also previous space settlement postings): ** Joel Sercel &#8211; Mini Bee Prototype for Asteroid Mining &#8211; Cold Star Project S02E09 &#8211; The Mini Bee asteroid mining craft prototype is the topic of this episode of the Cold Star &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=21513\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Space settlement roundup \u2013 Mar.26.2020<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,94,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-living-in-space","category-space-industry","category-space-settlement"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-5AZ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19046,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=19046","url_meta":{"origin":21513,"position":0},"title":"Space settlement roundup &#8211; June.19.2019","author":"TopSpacer","date":"June 19, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"A sampling of recent articles, videos, and images related to the establishment of human settlements in the solar system: Lunar resources: ** An interview with Astrobotic CEO John Thornton about the recent $79M contract awarded to the company by NASA to send payloads to the Moon in 2021 aboard the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;In Space Infrastructure&quot;","block_context":{"text":"In Space Infrastructure","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=15"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nasa.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/thumbnails\/image\/niac_2019_sercel_0.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":19399,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=19399","url_meta":{"origin":21513,"position":1},"title":"The Space Show this week &#8211; Aug.5.2019","author":"TopSpacer","date":"August 5, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"The guests and topics of discussion on The Space Show this week: 1. 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