Liquid Spaceships for Advanced Autonomous Exploration
Alessandro Chiolerio
The dream of space exploration is approximately a century old, and still sparks admiration and awe among humanity, being supported by a growing economy that nurtures a fertile field where private and public cooperate towards the achievement of unexplored frontiers. Yet, manned exploration of distant worlds represents a far objective, and autonomous, robotic probes are developed to survive the harsh conditions found in space and to send back to Earth images and measurements of celestial bodies. Liquid spaceships here devised can offer substantial advantages, when compared to conventional architectures. A description of future hypothetical spaceships and missions is presented, based on the recent discoveries made in the field of liquid cybernetic systems.
Keywords: Liquid spaceship, liquid robotics, colloids, space exploration, deepspace, small satellites, gas giants, comets, asteroids