SpaceFab's ultimate goal and its core mission is to make humankind a space faring civilization. We do this to make the future better, brighter and filled with endless possibilities. We also want to insure not only the survival of the human species, but of life itself. For, when humans venture out to live on Mars, the moon, and the rest of the solar system, they won't go alone. They will bring plants and animals with them. We like to think of the human species from this point of view. It is our duty to preserve life and make sure humanity's flame is never extinguished.
How are we going to achieve this goal? We have a plan...
In order for humans to begin living in space, there needs to be infrastructure, but first there must be raw materials and industry. We plan on utilizing the trillions of tons of raw material orbiting the sun, but we don't have billions of dollars to simply start at this point. We have to build up to this point, and in order to make it there, without constantly fund-raising and risking the company, we need to turn a profit at each step.
That is where the Viewpoint satellite comes in. The profits from the first satellite will go to pay for the second, then the 3rd and 4th, until we have a constellation of 24 such satellites covering the global astronomy and Earth observation demand.
After our space telescope network is in place and generating a constant stream of revenue, we will then build our deep space mining satellites to go out to metal asteroids. At this point we will not only have the revenue to move forward, but we will have perfected all the technologies and established our company infrastructure to assure success. This will allow us, even from the very first asteroid mission, to successfully approach, mine, process and begin building through 3D printing, ion beams, electron beam welding, ion deposition, etc. We will use much of this building capability to build more tools to build more machines, therefore, increasing our output exponentially.
With exponential growth in our processing and manufacturing capabilities, and with the nearly unlimited resources of the solar system, building infrastructure will become easier and more cost effective than building on Earth. With this cost reduction and readily available resources, humankind will expand throughout the solar system and far beyond.
How are we going to achieve this goal? We have a plan...
In order for humans to begin living in space, there needs to be infrastructure, but first there must be raw materials and industry. We plan on utilizing the trillions of tons of raw material orbiting the sun, but we don't have billions of dollars to simply start at this point. We have to build up to this point, and in order to make it there, without constantly fund-raising and risking the company, we need to turn a profit at each step.
That is where the Viewpoint satellite comes in. The profits from the first satellite will go to pay for the second, then the 3rd and 4th, until we have a constellation of 24 such satellites covering the global astronomy and Earth observation demand.
After our space telescope network is in place and generating a constant stream of revenue, we will then build our deep space mining satellites to go out to metal asteroids. At this point we will not only have the revenue to move forward, but we will have perfected all the technologies and established our company infrastructure to assure success. This will allow us, even from the very first asteroid mission, to successfully approach, mine, process and begin building through 3D printing, ion beams, electron beam welding, ion deposition, etc. We will use much of this building capability to build more tools to build more machines, therefore, increasing our output exponentially.
With exponential growth in our processing and manufacturing capabilities, and with the nearly unlimited resources of the solar system, building infrastructure will become easier and more cost effective than building on Earth. With this cost reduction and readily available resources, humankind will expand throughout the solar system and far beyond.