Space1 Opening the Door to Space

The S1 experimental fuel tank for study, research, and design is so large it more than fills the camera's field of view. Large singular rocket fuel tanks will provide the largest propulsion containment to date and enable the largest and most powerful rockets ever conceived since the advent of the program.

Space1 initiated a rocket study that involved cross hybrid rockets and rocket parts such as fuel delivery valves. What came out of this study is a major way to make Space1 rockets 300% larger without staging or clustering.

The rocket study suggests the design and use of the most massive single engine ever invented in the scientific realm of S1.

This means the rocket can carry more fuel, travel farther, is more safe and reliable with less components, and has the ability to offer greater fuel valve control and can achieve its goals with few or no moving parts.

In the new missions, the rocket starts out fat and slow upon launch but as fuel is eaten up, rapid acceleration begins and finally it's moving along at the highest speeds Space1 has ever achieved!

This opens another new door to space. This means the entire rocket can be reused from launch to recovery many times and will greatly reduce the cost of tourism per tour, competing with all other forms of space travel.

Space1 2018 LOGO

Space1 has introduced a number of variations on its color space logo for 2018, red, neutral and blue are included here. The logo introduces the detail of the Earth rotating in space, continental land masses with a stellar background while maintaining original planetary details from the first logo established in 2014.





























The logo is representative of the venture's quest to bring safe and exciting tourism to new heights and explore new realms and dimensions. The logo also represents the new 2018 Space1 rocket and international points of continental lights as spaceports where touring rockets potentially launch. The new logo has three-dimensional layering showing an added dimensional realm and points of refraction with spatial renderings.

Space1 2018 Rocket Compatibility

In the 1950s and 60s, studies ensued for the feasibility of a rocket orbiting laboratory or small single unit space station. This included the Manned Orbiting Laboratory by the Air Force and the Corvair project as seen in the Hawk model illustration. 

The new Space1 2018 rocket has many designs of compatibility with the previous rocket fleet. One important area is the space station, i.e. a small hotel in space.

— The pipe dream of a motel in space has existed for many decades —

In February of 2017, Space1 outlined details of a rocket space station making rooms inside the rocket and rocket nose.

http://space1usa.blogspot.tw/2017/02/space1-space-station-developments.html

The 2018 design has recovery gear under the nose with the space station function shifted farther back. A second story to the rocket adds more room. Functions include areas for living, dining and exercise. It also includes astrometrics/navigation, space sanitation, hydroponics bay for growing food, control center (piloting, docking, communications), and sleeping quarters. Additional areas are for payload, storage and a safe haven shelter in a cosmic radiation event. Some areas are multi-functional for space conservation.

Space1 China Rocket

Chinese Rocket Less than Stellar
When visiting a Chinese science center, a dismantled rocket was discovered. Having the good fortune of purchasing the rocket with a slight discount, it was returned to the lab where assembly ensued. 

Little did we realize the magnitude of complicated compounding anomalies that would incur over the first three day assembly work period. Work was halted over multiple problems with the fuel valve. Several factors led to its imminent failure - too small of a regulation orifice, dissimilar component materials leading to fuel interface joint failures, and the lack of including a specially created Chinese installation tool. Plus, the Chinese translator abandoned the project when seeing the number of highly specialized rocket and aerospace words and related terminology spread throughout the pages of assembly notes.

Attaching an American valve would simplify things however the two dissimilar materials problem would still remain. The fuel valve interface was of a polymer type and the valve was metal. Fatigue would ensue causing failure in both cases.

Next, it became apparent the rocket had no ability to self stabilize, either through gyro or mechanics, electronics or fins. This could be remedied at two different levels but with increased substantial work and added redesign.

Not a total loss, the reentry method seemed simple enough to be incorporated in other designs with its spring tension and gears resulting in a self timing unit for the release of a nose cone and parachute.

At this time, due to the excessive hours and days spent on the Chinese rocket, and the added time required for complete assembly, all work is halted until further notice.

Update
http://space1usa.blogspot.tw/2018/01/space1-chinese-rocket-construction.html

Space1 2018 Rocket Flight Time

ROCKET FLIGHT TIME
The new 2018 rocket is described in several posts, notably here for the initial specs:

https://space1usa.blogspot.tw/2017/12/space1-new-rocket-specs.html

In reviewing the specs and features with the new fuel, a discovery was made. The new rocket can provide a space journey for tourism lasting over 7 times longer compared to the older 2017 rocket. A number of advantages become obvious.

* Longer tourism journey
* Smoother more comfortable ride
* Less G-force
* Less blurring motion for CAM captures
* More visibility period of objects in window

This was a random test when the longer flight time was discovered. More tests are needed to determine if flight time can increase over 7X.

Space1 2nd Rocket Level

Space1 had added a second level to the new rocket, thus gaining many new features. The second level adds stability to the rocket, increases the number of tourists per flight, enables more payload equipment and cameras for flight documentation and rocket inspections, and finally creates a more simple means of recovery. 

While adding a second level increases the level of work performed on the rocket, it also helps to reduce the cost of a single new rocket, bringing the costs to within reach of DIY space enthusiasts.

In the long term, the second level can be adapted for use as a space station, a habitat to the Moon or Mars, storage of more food and water for longer missions, greater shielding for solar flares from radiation, and serve as dual functions during multi space missions. 

The second level increases the distance from astronauts to the fuel compartment and the rocket engine, thus enabling a more quiet and smooth flight. In space conversions will allow the joining of the rocket crew compartment second level to the spent fuel compartment in space, thus doubling or tripling available room. 

This space could expand the rocket and a space station with more astronauts, tourists, and add more crew compartments for longer stays in space. It can also handle more payload such as moon or mars rocks, or serve as a hydroponics bay for the growth of food.

Space1 New Rocket Specs

Here are the specs for the new rocket.

It's one tall rocket, with a simple parachute deployment without equipment, servos, timers, explosive bolts, or electronic boards.

It has a second story apart from the fuel chamber to house the tourists around the 360 deg. clear rocket window.

It has fore and aft rocket cams to document the entire journey, inclusive to other dimensions.

The rocket can be reused for free.

The new rocket can hoist greater payload mass compared to the old rocket. This will enable a capsule to harbor more tourists, carry more cameras, and carry multiple flight computers.

Space1 will supply the rocket fuel for free.

The rocket uses a non flammable rocket fuel which is incapable of spontaneous combustion.

The rocket fuel is not explosive when heated or subjected to pressure or mechanical vibrations of nominal range.

The launcher will be reusable for nearly the entire rocket fleet of varied sized rockets.

The rocket launcher will be portable and made elite for transport.

The rocket engine will provide a more smooth tourism journey at less G-force.

Rocket body dimensions and configs afford a smoother return and landing.

A smaller rocket and free rocket fuel will bring down the cost of space tourism.

A low cost DIY space tourism kit may be made available at crowd funding sites.

DIY space tourism will revolutionize the way we travel in space.

The new rocket will maintain the same or higher level of safety standards.

The new rockets can be shipped and meet all shipping requirements for safety protocols.

HAZMAT rules no longer apply when shipping rockets or engines.

Space1 in 2018

A massive new Space1 rocket is in development stage - showing body and capsule for testing

Space1 in 2018 is a transformation and change worth noting. Some changes are outlined below.

 * Drone Lab is no longer in the USA and was recently moved overseas. The move will combine the drone portion with the electronics telemetry portion to amplify the abilities of the Lab.

* Rockets have a new overall design for shipping and transport, that will comply with new laws regarding the shipping and moving of rockets, rocket fuel, fireworks and hazardous items, within and across state lines. The design also complies with international law.

* A new rocket fuel is now used. Rockets have a new design with a benign fuel that can be safely created likely anywhere domestically or internationally. The fuel in storage or in a refueling state is benign and cannot blow up. Also such rocket fuel is available everywhere and free for the taking. Tailoring rocket fuel is simplified to a few easy steps of mining.

Space1 Big Rocket

Big Rocket plasma conversion

Big Rocket positioned

Space1 has designed a new rocket for 2018. Dubbed the Big Rocket, it will be the largest in the new fleet. The old rocket fleet of 15, along with their old style motors are now obsoleted. Big Rocket sports some remarkable features.

* 360 degree clear surround window for full dimensional tourism views
* Special new NMP engine with no moving parts
* Runs on the world's only complete safety fuel
* Rapid fueling on site
* Non combustible safety fuel
* Massive crew compartment to carry more people into space than ever before
* Incorporates designs moving into five years of Space1 experiences
* Positioned for multiple stages and clustering
* Fully equipped for telemetry and advanced imaging
* Reusable and parts replaceable

Space1 2017 Changes

Space1 has discontinued 37 old style rocket engines not unlike this NASA RS25 engine

After a Fall and Winter S1 hold within the USA, and dealing with some hangar issues  (USA Hangar One is being discontinued), Space1 is back in biz. The S1 Think Tank has thought its way into a better rocket engine delivery system that can ship domestically and internationally. Launchers can be replicated. The TT has also found a fuel that needs no transportation across state lines and international boundaries whatsoever. These simplifications and changes in direction will accelerate S1 to reach its goals much sooner. This will include a new engine to propel a new style rocket and further increase the level of safety, especially including field safety during launches in regard to rocket fuel, storage of engines and fuel, and the obsoleting of rocket fuel that ages with time. The new system also reduces the amount of required capital investment for rocket fuel and creates a new concept of LMI Last Minute Inventory. This opens up a new division to create rocket fuel and establish a way to transport it or manufacture it during the day of the launch.

Space1 2017 Drone Division

DJI Phantom 4

After some last minute scrambling, Space1 has expanded its drone division and is in the process of transferring all materials to an undisclosed international location. Unfriendly laws in the USA have made drone research difficult or impossible based on S1 requirements, hence the move to (a) foreign location(s). The S1 division is tandem to rocket launches and monitoring pre and in-flight conditions. Some drones are equipped to provide footage for rocket movie generation.