It's a pleasureforme, aspresidentoftheInternationalAstronomicalFederation, towelcomeallyoutodaytotheconcludingsessionofftheglobalnetworkingforrumforthe C 2017 whichhasbeanyearsaccessinparticular.
I wanttothankthepremierewas a realministerthatmeansandlost.
And I'm gonnatalkmoreaboutwhatittakestobecomemultiplespecies.
Um, and I just a just a briefrefresheronwhythisisimportant.
I thinkfundamentallythefutureisvastlymoreexcitingandinteresting.
Ifwe're a spacefaringcivilizationand a multiplanetspeciesthatifwe'renot, youwanttobeinspiredbythingsyouwannawakeupinthemorning, youthinkthefutureisgonnabegreat.
Andthat's whatwhatbeing a spacefaringcivilizationsallabout.
Butthecodename, atleast, isbe a far, um, and I thatprobablythemostimportantthingthat I wanttoconveyininthispresentationisthat I thinkwehavefiguredouthowtopayforit.
SothelaunchedthelaunchrateexhaustedbeingithasbeenincreasingexponentiallybutparticularWhenyoutaketanking, we'rerefillingonorbitintoaccountandtakingtheideaofestablishing a selfsustainingbaseonMarsorthemoonorelsewhere.
So I didn't realizethatuntiluntil I wastoldthatjustjustreallytoday, Butisah, veryemotionalday, actually, um, butFalcononeisquite a smallrocketwhenwe'redoingFalconwerereallytryingtofigureoutwhatisthesmallestusefulpayloadthatwouldgetoverit.
Look, issomethingaroundhalf a tontoeorbitwouldbeabletolaunch.
Um, dependingonwhetheryou'relandingoryou'recoming, you'reentering a planetor a moonthathasnoatmosphere, a thinatmosphereor a denseatmosphere, anddependonwhetheryouhaveyou'rereenteringwithno, nopayloadinthefront, a smallpayloador a heavypayload.
Youhavetobalancetherocketoutasit's comingin.
AndsotheDeltaWingattheback, whichwhichalsoincludes a sportflap, splitflapsforpitchandrollcontrol, allowsustocontrolthepitchangle.
Ah, despitehaving a widerangeofpayloadsinthenoseand a widerangeofatmosphericdensities, SowhatwetrytoavoidhavingwiththeDeltaWing.
Sothethethecargoareahas a pressurizedvolumeof 825 cubicmeters.
Um, thisalsoisgreaterthanthepressurizedareaoff a 3 80 So, um, reallyiscapableofcarrying a tremendousamountofpayloadmosstransitconfigurationsinceyou'llbetaking, uh, threemonthsin a reallygoodscenario, butmaybeasmuchassixmonths?
Thesealevelenginesabout 3 30 I speciesatthatlevel, theupperstageengine 3 75 Youknow, thisisversionone.
So I thinkovertime, thispotentialtoincreasethatspecificimpulse, buy 5 to 10 secondsandasthismissionalsoincreasethechamberpressureby 50 barorsoandthenforrefilling.
Um, thisisreallythat's quite a profound, um, uncle, A breakthroughbutrealizationthatifwecanbuild a systemthat, um, cannibalizesourownproductsmakesourownproductsredundant, thenalloftheresourceiswhichquiteenormousthat I usedtofelltonine.
So, forexample, ifyouwentto a newHubble, youcouldsend a murderthathas 10 timesthesurfaceareaofthecurrentHubbleas a singleunitdoesn't havetounfoldoranything.
And, umorareyoucontent a lifenumberofsmallsatellitesanddowhatyoulike?
YoulandlandonMarsthatthetrickythingwithMarsiswedoneedtobuild a propellantdepottorefillthetanksandreturntous.
ButbecauseMarshas a lowgravitythanearth, youcandonotneed a boostergoallthewayfromthesurfaceofMarssurfaceofearth.
Justusingtheship, albeityouneedtogoforittoMax.
Payloadnumber.
About 2022 50 tonsforthereturnjourneytowork.
Butit's a singlestateor a singlestageallthewaybacktous.
I'llshowyouthesothisisthetruth.
Physicssimulation.
Um, what's thelast?
About a minute.
Soyoucomein, you'reenteringveryquickly, going 70 kilometers a secondformiles.
Therewon't besomeablationoftheheatshield, soit's justlike a sortofbrakepadwearingaway.
Um, itis a multiuseheatshield, butunlikeEarthoperations, it's cominginhotenoughthatyoureallydo.
Youwillseesomewhereoftheheatshield, butbecauseMarshasandthatwastobe a, albeitnot a particularlydenseone, youcanremovealmostalltheenergyaerodynamicallyonreprovenoutsupersonicretropropulsionmanytimeswithwithFalconninesofullrecountallaboutthat, thatthisis a becauseit's a um, youcouldseeitsortof a match.
It's a pleasureforme, aspresidentoftheInternationalAstronomicalFederation, towelcomeallyoutodaytotheconcludingsessionofftheglobalnetworkingforrumforthe C 2017 whichhasbeanyearsaccessinparticular.
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