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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION 1
YOU ARE VERY, VERY, VERY SPECIAL; YOUR LIFE IS A MIRACLE, DON’T WASTE IT, BUILD SOMETHING GREAT YOU CAN BE PROUD OF 23
NAVIGATING THE BOOK: THE SCHEMATIC AND THE LIST OF CONCLUSIONS 30
A. The Schematic 33
B. Conclusions 39
PART 1 OF THE BOOK: THE DUTY OF A FOUNDATIONAL GENERATION AND THE GRANDE PROKALPO AS A WORTHWHILE INSPIRATIONAL GOAL 44
A. Morality for a Foundational Generation: Ethics, Duty, Morality, Kindness and Honor 45
The Importance of Altruism and Duty 48
Comprehensive Utilitarianism 48
B. The Preservation of Enlightened Culture and the Grande Prokalpo 51
C. The Two Alternative Futures for Humanity 53
D. Single Point Failure Risk for Democracy and Enlightened Culture 55
E. The Grande Prokalpo as an Inspirational Duty 76
F. The Morality of the Grande Prokalpo in a Present World Beset by Inequities and Misery 80
Test of Reason for Morality and the Total Utilitarian Measure 82
The Marginal Positive Impact of an Action 83
Morality, Maximizing the Utility Function, and the Test of Reason. 84
Utility Maximization and Morality 85
A Utility Function 85
Optimal Resource Allocation 86
What Choice of , and g Makes Us Moral? 86
The Galactic Foundational Multiplier Does Not Imply that No Resources Should Go to Extant Humans 87
Goal Programming and Morality 89
Criticism and Consistency 91
The Achievements of Our Intrepid Ancestors 95
Build, Rather than Worry About Criticism 95
G. Risky Beliefs and Behaviors and Wishful Thinking 98
H. Culture Needed for the Success of the Grande Prokalpo And Some Observations About Current Culture 102
Continued Prevalence of Wars 104
Vicarious Lives and Alienation from Real Lives 104
Desperate Frenetic Consumerism 105
Age of Dissatisfaction 106
Lack of a Plan for Successful Relationships 106
Lack of Workable Plans for Different Generations to be Part of the Same Team 109
Declining Interest in Family Lives 109
Decrease in Contact With Actual Humans 110
Worsening Mental Health of Children 110
Flawed Culture Provided to Youth 111
Lack of Well-Functioning Communities 111
The Denial of Nature and Life Stages 112
Lack of Work that Creates Strong Individuals 112
Failure of Economic Systems to Create Strong Societies/Communities, Growing Inequality, and Desperate Frenetic Consumerism 113
Failure of Economists on the Left 113
Failure of Economists on the Right 115
Common Failure of the Left and the Right: The Consumerism Fallacy and Desperate Frenetic Consumerism 116
The Impact of Free Trade Agreements and Trade Deficits 117
Preserving the Virtues of Free Markets by Controlling Amount of Economic Inequality With Negative Income Taxes 119
Goal Programming Rather than GDP and Income Maximization 120
Loss of Religion 120
Declining, Terminal, and Stable Cultures 121
Improvements Are Needed to Our Culture 122
I. The Need for Communities 123
Foundational Generation Communities (FGCs) 124
Multiple Foundational Generation Communities 125
Allotment of Space Habitations (SHs) for Different Foundational Generation Communities. 126
J. The Preservation of Languages and Literatures 128
K. Morality of Humans’ Impact on Other Species 129
Kindness to Animals 130
L. The Ethical Treatment of Alien Life 132
M. The End of Wars 135
Humanity’s History of Endless Wars 136
Mechanisms for Ending Wars 137
A War of Aggression: Cowardice or Stupidity? 144
Dealing With Aggressive Philosophies 144
End of Wars in Space 145
PART 2 OF THE BOOK: TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF HUMAN SPACE COLONIZATION (HSC) 146
A. The Difference Between Knowledge and Technology 149
Technology that Won’t Happen 149
Technology that Will Happen 150
B. Technology and the Colonization of Space 152
Not Science Fiction, Just Science 153
C. Phase 1: Colonizing Our Solar System 154
Physical Requirements for a Space Habitation (SH) 154
Gravity 155
Agriculture 155
Protection from Radiation in Space 155
Luxurious Accommodations and Other Physical Necessities for the Best Lives 156
Design for a Space Habitation (SH) 157
The Outer Shell and Solar Panels 159
Agricultural Zone 160
Zone: Human Habitation 168
3 Layers of Clear Film and Air Turbulence Inside the SH 171
Earth’s Gravity in the SH 173
Counter-Rotating Tubes’ Sections 174
Location of the SHs 176
SHs Docked to a Ring With an Electromagnetic Rail for Transport 176
Ecosystem Equilibrium for a Space Habitation (SH) 178
Modular Construction of the Space Habitation (SH) 179
Technology and the Availability of Energy and Raw Materials in Space 179
Comparison of Delta-vs for Moving Materials from Earth and from Celestial Bodies, the Moon is the Initial Winner 179
Maglev Launch of Raw Materials from Earth 182
Carrying Capacity of Our Solar System Based on the Amount of Raw Materials Available for Space Habitations (SHs) 184
Initial Solar Sustainable Carrying Capacity Multiplier (ISCCM) 185
Humanity of the Kardashev Scale After it Colonizes its Solar System 186
A More Meaningful Scale 187
New Discipline of Engineering and Economics and Exponential Growth Through Self-Replication 188
A Change in How We View Space is Needed 189
Trial SHs on Earth 190
Some Trial SHs from the Past and the Present 190
A Properly Designed Trial SH on Earth 194
A Dispersed Trial SH on Earth 196
The Culture of an SH 196
Colonize Planets and Moons or Build SHs? 197
Eating Venus, there will be Challenges 206
Interesting and Imaginative but Likely Unworkable Ideas for HSC 206
Communication and Feedback 212
ICV Design Numbers 214
Various Tradeoffs in ICV Design: Objective Function Maximization or Goal Programming? 214
ICV Flotilla Population 216
The ICV Engine 217
Tsiolkovsky Rocket Equation, Gravity Assist, and Destination Orbital Velocity 220
Initial Mass and Final Mass Per Capita 227
Energy Requirements for ICVs 228
Chemical, Fusion, or Fission Energy to Power an ICV 231
Cosmic Dust and Grains 235
Tether Weight, Acceleration, and Engine Power 236
Tether Weight 236
Acceleration 238
Engine Power 238
Redundancy and Reduction of Risk 240
Varied Environments for Flotilla Inhabitants 240
There is No Planet B? 243
THE THREAT OF ALIEN COLONIZATION, AN OUTCOME MUCH WORSE THAN AN EXTINCTION EVENT 252
Answer to Fermi’s question: They may be on their way! 253
To or Not to ICV Flotillas? 273
The Society of an ICV 274
Conservative Estimates 276
The Gliese 710 Alternative 278
Carrying Capacity of Our Galaxy Based on the Amount of Raw Materials Available for SHs 278
The Galactic Foundational Multiplier of Our Galaxy 279
Table of Sustainable Carrying Capacities and Multipliers 279
D. Phase 3: The Colonization of Other Galaxies 281
E. Visionaries 286
PART 3 OF THE BOOK: THE THREAT OF ALIEN COLONIZATION, AN OUTCOME MUCH WORSE THAN AN EXTINCTION EVENT 287
A. SETI, Fermi Paradox, Dyson Spheres, and Their Expected Waste-Heat Signatures 288
B. Answer to Fermi’s question: They may be on their way! 292
PART 4 OF THE BOOK: HUMANITY’S NEXT THOUSAND YEARS; TIMELINE FOR HUMAN SPACE COLONIZATION (HSC) 300
A. The Correct Time Horizon for Decisions 302
APPENDICES 315
A. Appendix A: How Long Can the Earth Provide Resources for Humanity? 315
B. Appendix B: Carrying Capacity of Space Based on the Amount of Raw Materials Available for SHs 319
Appendix C: Gravity Assist (GA) and the Orbit Reversal Maneuver 324
The Orbital Reversal Gravity Assist Maneuver 333
Departure Velocity from the Solar System After Gravity Assist 335
Gravitational Potential of Stars and its Impact on ICVs’ Departure Velocity 335
Gain from the Orbital Reverse Gravity Assist Maneuver 337
Gravity Assist and Science 338
C. Appendix D: The Oberth Effect 340
D. Appendix E: Single Pulse Communication Over Very Long Distances 345
E. Appendix F: The Loving Gene, the Altruistic Gene, the Dutiful Gene, Fisher’s Principle, Evolutionary Group Competition and Selection, Altruism, Loyalty, and Commitment to Duty 351
Why Do We Die? The Theory of Entropy Versus Maximal Reproductive Cycle and Lifespans 354
Evolution and Entropy 360
Elysia Marginata and Elysia Atroviridis, the Two-Speed Organisms 361
Fisher’s Principle as a Special Case, Group Competition and Selection, and Altruism and Loyalty 363
Introduction: Fisher’s Principle as a Special Case of a BSR Model 364
BSR Model with Fisher’s Principle as a Special Case 365
Group Evolutionary Competition and Selection and Its Implication for the Birth Sex Ratio 366
Data from the Natural World: Birth Sex Ratio During and After Wars, the Differential Geographical Distribution of Y-Chromosome and Mitochondrial Haplogroups, and BSR Differences Across Ethnicities 370
Evolutionary Group Competition and Selection, Altruism, Loyalty and Commitment to Duty 373
Criticisms of Group Selection and Their Rebuttal 374
The Appropriate Level of Abstraction for Analysis 375
More Points in Favor of Group Selection 377
Normative Values and Positive Evolution 379
F. Appendix G: The Validity of My Conclusions 381
BIBLIOGRAPHY 383