Vermeulen, A.C.J. (author), Sirenko, Mikhail (author), Kiem, Jason (author), Theys, Andreas (author), Brazier, F.M. (author), Papic González, Alvaro (author) The hostile and unpredictable environment of deep space requires a new conceptual approach for interstellar flight, one that differs radically from any current design in aerospace. A design solution is proposed in which the starship is attached to a C-type asteroid and whose architecture evolves over time. The starship gradually mines...
conference paper 2018