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Outer Solar System

Prospective Energy and Material Resources

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  • © 2018

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Editors:
  1. Viorel Badescu

    1. Candida Oancea Institute, Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

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  2. Kris Zacny

    1. Honeybee Robotics Spacecraft Mechanisms Corporation, Pasadena, USA

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  • Recent research on Prospective Energy and Material Resources on the Outer Solar System
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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxx
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  2. Properties of Planetary Regolith

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. A Survey of Pluto’s Surface Composition

      • Catherine Olkin, Will Grundy
      Pages 3-13

    3. Physical Properties of Icy Materials

      • Craig Pitcher, Yang Gao
      Pages 15-29

  3. Resource, Mining, and Subsurface Access

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 31-31
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    2. Atmospheric Mining in the Outer Solar System: Resource Capturing, Storage, and Utilization

      • Bryan Palaszewski
      Pages 33-45

    3. Project VALKYRIE: Laser-Powered Cryobots and Other Methods for Penetrating Deep Ice on Ocean Worlds

      • William Stone, Bart Hogan, Vickie Siegel, John Harman, Chris Flesher, Evan Clark et al.
      Pages 47-165

    4. Europa Drum Sampler (EDuS)

      • Kris Zacny
      Pages 167-180

    5. Drilling Mechanisms Using Piezoelectric Actuators Developed at Jet Propulsion Laboratory

      • Yoseph Bar-Cohen, Stewart Sherrit, Mircea Badescu, Hyeong Jae Lee, Xiaoqi Bao, Zensheu Chang
      Pages 181-259

    6. Ultrasonically-Assisted Penetration of Granular and Cemented Materials

      • David Firstbrook, Patrick Harkness, Xuan Li, Ryan Timoney, Kevin Worrall
      Pages 261-288

  4. Missions and Missison Concepts

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 289-289
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    2. Flight in the Outer Solar System and Interstellar Travel

      • Alexander Bolonkin
      Pages 291-365

    3. Triton Hopper: Exploring Neptune’s Captured Kuiper Belt Object

      • Steven R. Oleson, Geoffrey Landis
      Pages 367-428

    4. Sub-ice Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Architectures for Ocean World Exploration and Life Search

      • William Stone, Kristof Richmond, Chris Flesher, Bart Hogan, Vickie Siegel
      Pages 429-541

    5. Titan Submarine

      • Steven R. Oleson, Jason Hartwig, Jeffrey Woytach, Michael Martini, Anthony Colozza, Robert Jones et al.
      Pages 543-608

    6. WindBots: A Concept for Persistent In Situ Science Explorers for Gas Giants

      • Adrian Stoica, Virgil Adumitroaie, Marco Quadrelli, Georgios Matheou, Marcin Witek, Marco Cipolato et al.
      Pages 609-663

    7. Enceladus Vent Explorer Concept

      • Masahiro Ono, Karl Mitchel, Aaron Parness, Kalind Carpenter, Saverio Iacoponi, Ellie Simonson et al.
      Pages 665-717

    8. Prospect of Exploration and Exploitation of Kuiper Belt Object Resources in the Future

      • Volker Maiwald
      Pages 719-743

    9. Outer Solar System—Sample Return Mission by an Unmanned Interplanetary Spaceship UNIS

      • Werner Grandl, Ákos Bazsó, Andreas F. Felsenstein
      Pages 745-763

  5. Enabling Technologies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 765-765
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About this book

The Earth has limited resources while the resources in space are virtually unlimited. Further development of humanity will require going beyond our planet and exploring of extraterrestrial bodies and their resources.

This book investigates Outer Solar Systems and their prospective energy and material resources. It presents past missions and future technologies and solutions to old problems that could become reality in our life time. The book therefore is a great resource of condensed information for specialists interested in current and impending Outer Solar Systems related activities and a good starting point for space researchers, inventors, technologists and potential investors.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Candida Oancea Institute, Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

    Viorel Badescu

  • Honeybee Robotics Spacecraft Mechanisms Corporation, Pasadena, USA

    Kris Zacny

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