08-12-2018, 12:57 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-12-2018, 03:10 AM by stevebowers.)
In this thread I'll collect a few links about the concept of atmospheric scoop-mining, with a view to making our current article a bit more realistic. I might add a new image or two; the current one is a bit too... imaginative to be taken seriously.
Atmospheric scoop mining links - these are mostly about solar-powered scoops, which can collect enough power to remain operative continuously.
Mining Atmospheres - https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Space_Tran...tmospheres
An overview of atmospheric scooping research -http://www.hpepl.ae.gatech.edu/papers/Pr...p15-25.pdf
PROFAC- PRopulsive Fluid ACcumulator, http://www.bisbos.com/space_n_profac.html - a fusion-powered concept that needs to be supplied with fuel.
Any more?
An image of a scoopship from the wiki page. This design should net about 1 kg per m^2 of crossection per day - not much, but it could so this continuously until it needs servicing, as it collects its own propellant and power.
![[Image: 600px-Scoop_Miner_Concept.png]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Scoop_Miner_Concept.png/600px-Scoop_Miner_Concept.png)
Atmospheric scoop mining links - these are mostly about solar-powered scoops, which can collect enough power to remain operative continuously.
Mining Atmospheres - https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Space_Tran...tmospheres
An overview of atmospheric scooping research -http://www.hpepl.ae.gatech.edu/papers/Pr...p15-25.pdf
PROFAC- PRopulsive Fluid ACcumulator, http://www.bisbos.com/space_n_profac.html - a fusion-powered concept that needs to be supplied with fuel.
Any more?
An image of a scoopship from the wiki page. This design should net about 1 kg per m^2 of crossection per day - not much, but it could so this continuously until it needs servicing, as it collects its own propellant and power.