Emergency measures are activated and personal are evacuated to a secure location. Space Mining Equipment and personnel are launched to mine an M-type asteroid. The raw ore is sent to Earth to be cleaned and sold on the market. Lunar Hotel with Space Materials A habit is constructed utilizing materials from space. The habitat is sustainable and requires minimal support from Earth. During operation, a micrometeorite causes equipment failure. Redundancy in the system prevents total system failure, and no evacuation is required. In order to better illustrate the increasing of complexity of each of these scenarios, a table (Figure 19) is shown. The table identifies the key business, max distance, and expected human duration for each of the scenarios. Environmental Launch Max Expected Scenario Business Product Risk Location Distance Duration 1 Tourism None Earth Moon None 10 days Recycled Insurance/ materials, 2 Recycling/ None Earth GEO 3 days reduced Governments risk Energy None Earth GEO Energy None 3 Tourism/ Earth/ Long 4 None Moon Hotel Manufacturing Moon Term Tourism/ Earth/ Long 5 Solar Flare Moon Hotel Manufacturing Moon Term Earth/ Mining None 1.3 AU Ore 3 years 6 Asteroid Tourism/ 7 Mining/ Micro meteorite All 1.3 AU Hotel/Ore Long term Manufacturing Figure : Scenario Breakdown Functional Scenario Models With written descriptions of the scenarios established, the process of creating functional representation begins. Using Vitech CORE software, each scenario was broken down into its functional elements. In order to provide a visual representation of the functionality of the scenario, an Enhanced Function Flow Block
Emergency measures are activated and personal are evacuated to a secure location. Space Mining Equipment and personnel are launched to mine an M-type asteroid. The raw ore is sent to Earth to be cleaned and sold on the market. Lunar Hotel with Space Materials A habit is constructed utilizing materials from space. The habitat is sustainable and requires minimal support from Earth. During operation, a micrometeorite causes equipment failure. Redundancy in the system prevents total system failure, and no evacuation is required. In order to better illustrate the increasing of complexity of each of these scenarios, a table (Figure 19) is shown. The table identifies the key business, max distance, and expected human duration for each of the scenarios. Scenario Business Environmental Risk Launch Location Max Distance Product Expected Duration 1 Tourism None Earth Moon None 10 days 2 Insurance/ Recycling/ Governments None Earth GEO Recycled materials, reduced risk 3 days 3 Energy None Earth GEO Energy None 4 Tourism/ Manufacturing None Earth/ Moon Moon Hotel Long Term 5 Tourism/ Manufacturing Solar Flare Earth/ Moon Moon Hotel Long Term 6 Mining None Earth/ Asteroid 1.3 AU Ore 3 years 7 Tourism/ Mining/ Manufacturing Micro meteorite All 1.3 AU Hotel/Ore Long term Figure : Scenario Breakdown Functional Scenario Models With written descriptions of the scenarios established, the process of creating functional representation begins. Using Vitech CORE software, each scenario was broken down into its functional elements. In order to provide a visual representation of the functionality of the scenario, an Enhanced Function Flow Block
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