Sno. Name Grade Age
Under the guidance of, Mr. Emmanuel Ratnaraj
VON
Framing of our project VONA would never have been accomplished without the valued guidance of so many people. We take this opportunity to express our profound gratitude to: First of all we would like to thank the Almighty God for his blessings who gave us inner strength and determination to work hard and complete VONA. Next, we are grateful to NASA for providing this unique platform of Space Settlement Design Competition which changed our outlook towards space and its exploration and helped us learn valuable lessons. Then we also thank our school principal Ms Meera Javed for her valuable support and encouragement. Our teacher, guide and mentor Mr Emmanuel Ratnaraj for his honest criticism and supervision because of which we could improve our work. Because of his round the clock supervision we were able to complete the settlement in time. He also provided technological and mental support to the team because of which we were put on the right track for the addition of feasible technologies. Mr Harjeet Singh for helping us learn 3D modelling software. His dedication in teaching us the software can be shown in the structure. His excellent guidance propelled us towards the completion of the wonderful structure. We also thank our parents for providing moral support, and motivation to us. This
settlement will be impossible if our parents wouldn’t have provided support for the
program. We thank Mr Varun Mahajan for providing academical support. We thank especially Dr Michio Kaku. Because of his episodes on The Science Channel we were able to pick out a few ideas from the shows and put up in the settlement design. His
episodes of “Sci
-
Fi Science” told us many new things which a
re placed in the settlement. We also thank Rodford Edmiston Smith for his keen help. Finally we thank Autodesk® for providing such a user friendly software called 3Ds max. The preparation of this project has been a fascinating experience and we had the time of our life while researching and compiling the document. The overall experience of imagining the survivability of civilians in the horizons was enthralling. We are really pleased that all the people mentioned above lifted our spirits time to time and supported us throughout the project.
Acknowledgements
Index
Serial No Chapter Page Number
A Acknowledgements Section 1.0 Introduction
1.1-1.5 Ch.1.1 Executive summary 1.1-1.2 Ch.1.2 Inspiration for name VONA 1.2 Ch.1.3 Location & Orbit 1.3-1.5
Section 2.0
Structural Overview
2.1-2.35 Ch.2.1 Introduction 2.1 Ch.2.2 Major Components 2.2-2.9 Ch.2.3 Minor Components 2.9-2.13 Ch.2.4
Symmetry & Dimensions
2.13-2.14 Ch.2.5 Construction Sequence And Material Application 2.15-2.23 Ch.2.6 Internal Structure 2.23-2.31 Ch.2.7.1 Martian Base 2.32-2.34 Ch.2.7.2 Lunar Base 2.33-2.35
Section 3.0 Life Support
3.1-3.23 Ch. 3.1 Pseudo-Gravity Generations 3.1-3.2 Ch. 3.2 Air Management 3.3-3.8 Ch. 3.3
Water & Waste Management 3.9-3.15 Ch. 3.4 Electricity Generation 3.16-3.20 Ch. 3.5 Agricultural Activities 3.20-3.23
Section 4.0
Operations & Infrastructure
4.1-4.23 Ch.4.1 Illumination 4.1-4.3 Ch.4.2 Radiation Protection 4.3-4.6 Ch.4.3 Transport 4.6-4.11 Ch.4.4 Recreation 4.11-4.13 Ch.4.5 Research & Industries 4.14-4.15 Ch4.6 Communication 4.16-4.23
Section 5.0 Human Factors
5.1 Ch.5.1 Demography 5.1-5.2 Ch.5.2 Residential Facilities 5.3-5.4 Ch.5.3 Education 5.5 Ch.5.4 Government 5.5-5.9
Section 6.0 Finance & Schedule
6.1-6.3 Ch.6.1 Business & Cost 6.1-6.2 Ch.6.2 Schedule 6.3
B Conclusion Bibliography
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