Structure 2

Also, the weight of the outer torus is 2,663,000 tonnes. The material used will be 50% Kevlar and 50% Aluminum to minimize weight and thermal expansion. Seebeck effect will be used for creating electricity on a large scale. The angular velocity of the whole structure will 1.83 * e-6 as calculated.
This will yield us with 'g'.

Aditya Somani

Health & Nutrition

I have posted 2 short docs on space.members on health & nutrition of people in space. It is just a short overview on the problems that afflict people in long-term stays in space. This is in no way the complete report, just an introduction. More on this later...

Dhruv Mathur

POSITRON ENGINE- TRANSPORTATION TO THE MARS

Its a really feasible and new idea to go to mars . - USING ANTIMATTER
check out this link (click on the title)

Anand Khare & Dhruv Mathur

Structure

The structure decided finally is a truncated torus of 1.1km radius and 290m width. The maximum height possible for a building is 130m and the sky will be at a height of 145m. The maximum width for a building is a approx. 200m. The structure will consist of another small torus and a cylindrical centre. They will be joined using a set of tubes etc.

PLEASE MAKE YOUR ARRANGEMENTS AND RESEARCH ACCORDING TO THIS.

Aditya Somani
Sahil Mathur

Model Proposal

This is a model proposal I found on the arssdc website, please have a look at your respective sub-topics to get an idea of the level of work expected.
http://arssdc.org/ARSSDC_modelproposal.pdf
Thanks
Kush Agrawal
XI-I

Transportation

This is a doc on how to transport cargo & people to Mars within 45 days as opposed to the current 6 months. All of these concepts are currently in the theoretical stage (for long journeys) , but are viable enough to be developed for the large scale transportation of both cargo & transport to Mars rapidly.

Check out this link :http://docs.google.comDoc?docid=0Ady4IH9K6V4eZGRnM2Jnc3ZfOWZ
zZDg0eGR6&hl=en

Dhruv Mathur
XI-I

Budgeting

I know we all have gr8 ideas on how to cut down on costs in all depts., but how to raise the initial budget for materials & construction of the Space City itself (Not to mention the cost of transporting at least 20,000 people)?? Even as far back as 1989 when George H.W. Bush suggested a manned trip to Mars, with a handful of astronauts, the cost came out to be over $450 billion, just to get them there.

In this day & time, & especially in the future, after inflation, more extensive protection, faster & better technology, & the scale of the project itself, the cost would be well into the trillions(!!).

So, any members who have a viable source of budgeting the project (other than the money taken from citizens) would be welcome to submit their ideas along with the figures in the meetings.

P.S. Plz. contribute as ideas are scarce

Dhruv Mathur
XI-I