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Astro nova

March 4, 2015

GS114
March 4, 2015

GS114

Astro Nova is the name of our new planet. This new planet is located on the Perseus Arm of our galaxy. Today our world (Earth) is over populated, highly polluted, and is running out of natural resources to sustain our growing society. We discovered Astro Nova in hopes that one day mankind would be able to inhabit this planet to better our population. Today our dream has become a reality.
Astro Nova’s location is a bit farther from earth than expected. It is 7,500 Light Years away. Given that it is that far you may ask what the conditions are like. A normal day for Astro Nova is warm and sunny. Close to the days and seasons we have on earth. There is two land masses on this aquatic planet which only one can sustain life. The land mass that does not sustain life is a volcanic mass which we can use to foster many natural resources. Most of the natural resources we use today for building, producing money, oil etc. Will be able to be mined from this land. On the land ass that will be sustaining our society. There is farming which will take place by using mostly hydroponics. Hydroponics is the method of growing plants in water rather than using soil.
The only impact on the location of our planet due to social structures would be that not many people are willing to travel that far. Well if you are worried about the travel time don’t be because we are going to use Cryostasis for our travel. The political structure of our community is a Representative Council. The members of this council will be decided once we arrive to Astro Nova. The number of how many members will sit on this council is to be determined as well. These members will have the abilities of today’s president. The only difference is that it will only be those members and no State Representatives. It also means that when you vote for a council member your vote counts. Each and every vote counts individually.
Our economic structure is Free Market. Which means when you want to open a business you can. Free Market is an economic system which prices are based on competition among private businesses and are not controlled by the government. This can be good because everything is privately owned on not monopolized. The only downfall is that prices could get a little outrageous if there are too many businesses offering the same services. I guess it will all depend on those who choose to open a business and can set their own prices without government interference.
The impact on our energy use will be minimal due to the climate and natural surroundings. We are going to use wind turbines to collect energy mostly placed in rural areas where there is space. Also solar panels will be used to collect the majority of our energy from the sun. When the sun is not shining and the wind isn’t blowing we will also have water turbines in the ocean that generate energy from the current of the ocean. Finally we can use hydro thermal vents from the volcanic mass on our planet which allows us to convert the heat that is out off by these vents into energy we can use.
The Layout of our community is sectioned of mostly for keeping everything from getting to close to one another. At the center of our land mass is where all of the farming will take place. From there we have a section for Waste management, Energy production, water sanitation, and the residence part of our mass. This way everything that you would need will be in a specified location and there is no confusion.
The transportation that we will be using is cars and boats. The materials that are mined from the volcanic land mass are going to be used to manufacture these cars and boats. Once we get there the miners and oil workers will be taken to the volcanic mass by boat and returned to the landmass when there shift is over. Some of our automobiles will be produced to run of energy instead of gas to be Eco-friendly. There will not be a public transportation system.
In order to drink the water on our planet we must take the salt out of it. This processes is known as desalinization which can prove to be a healthier from of sanitation for water. Sewage is collected into septic tanks and used for fertilization on the farming side. The sewage will be separated by a built in filtration system that will filter out any of the trash that has been incorporated with the waste. Farming as stated before is located at the center of our land mass. We have decided to use mainly hydroponics which will allow us to conserve the soil for use in other ways. The one downfall to this is that we will need to filter this water as well so it does not harm our crops. There is another method that we are going to use which is going to use Platform Farms. They will use traditional soil. This will help keep the food off of the ground so there is more space to grow. One of the life systems that we will have are CO2 scrubbers which will take to CO2 out of the air so that is cleaner and less polluted.

References 1. (Meriam-Webster Incorporated, unkown) 2. (Robert Smith, 2015)