NOTES
c speed of light: 2.99792 x 105 km/sec
ls light-second: 2.99792 x 105 km
ld light-day: 2.590206837 x 1010 km
ly light-year: 9.46 x 1012 km
yr year: 3.1 x 107 seconds
ve exhaust velocity
v final velocity
M0 Initial total mass
M Final mass
MP Propellant mass
mdot mass flow rate = MP/t
Rocket Science
Distance = (ve/mdot)*(MP–(M*log(M0/M)))
v = ve*log(M0/M)
FECS drive
Max ve = 0.042 c
Overall fuel energy density = 90 PJ/kg
Efficiency = 89 – 90%
Acceleration Phases 1 & 2
Time = 6 months (each)
M = 107 tonnes
MP = 535 tonnes
M0 = 642 tonnes
9 disposable FECS drives
59,537 Newtons (each engine)
535,830 Newtons (combined)
Power consumed = 302 GW (each engine)
Power consumed = 2,716 GW (combined)
Mass flow rate = 0.340 kg/s (combined)
Initial acceleration = 0.835 m/s/s
Final acceleration = 5.008 m/s/s
Fuel Rendezvous #1
v = 0.0754 c = 22,620 km/s
Distance = 0.02109 ly = 199,506,481,000 km
MP = 535 tonnes
Fuel Rendezvous#2
v = 0.15065 c = 45,196 km/s
Distance = 0.07983 ly = 755,237,823,000 km
MP = 2,720 tonnes
Braking Phase
Time = 25 years
Distance to stop = 4.8347 ly = 45,735,924,309,000 km
M = 80 tonnes
MP = 2,720 tonnes
M0 = 2,800 tonnes
3 FECS drives
27,528 Newtons (each engine)
82,583 Newtons (combined)
Power consumed = 93 GW (each engine)
Power consumed = 279 GW (combined)
Mass flow rate = 0.0034 kg/s (combined)
Initial acceleration = 0.029 m/s/s
Final acceleration = 1.032 m/s/s
Dates
Zero Station Departure: 02 Feb 2812
Propellant Intercept #1: 03 Aug 2812
Propellant Intercept #2: 02 Feb 2813
Personnel
Trillium Crew – Original
Celeste Elizabeth Perry, Captain b. 12 May 2748
Sitara Krishna Ramachandran, First Lieutenant b. 14 Nov 2757
Hvezda Anya Dubček, Second Lieutenant b. 30 May 2766
Lo Xingxing, Flight Officer b. 27 June 2774
Danika Marika Johansson, Flight Officer b. 3 April 2783
Estrella Teresa Ramirez, Ensign b. 17 Nov 2793
Others
Abraham Lowenstein – Co-founder of ISTRI
Alain Juppé, Ph.D – Head, Trillium Project Nuclear Energy Department
Alberto Rodriguez – Shuttle Pilot at ZERO Station
Alexi Zemlya – EVA instructor at GEO Station
Anatol Ssekandi – Detective with the Kampala Peace Department
Anna Fatse, R.N. – Nurse at Mulago Hospital in Kampala
Asako Komiyama, LL.D. – Federal Senator & member, Trillium Project Crew Selection Committee
Benjamin Blackwell, Ph.D. – Psychology Instructor at the FSA Academy
Bernard Erdman, Captain – Trillium specialist at ZERO Station
Caleb Stokowski – Zoo employee
Chau-Ping, J.M. – Member, Trillium Project Crew Selection Committee
Doriz Nevárez – Friend of Estrella living in same apartment building
Etienne Saleté – Bulolombe Security Officer
Flora Ramirez – Estrella’s mother
Gary Esteban, Ph.D. – Chair, Trillium Project Crew Selection Committee
Gary Longriver, Psy.D. – Trillium Project Mission Psychologist
Gregor Pfalz – ISTRI Director of Communications
Horton Gbrelsniev – News Desk Editor at Rotterdam News
Hoshiko Fujimoto – Co-founder of ISTRI
Isabelle Bridgewater – Member, Trillium Project Crew Selection Comm.
Jacques Arnould, Ph.D. – Trillium Project Ethicist
Jalal Nazeri – School friend of Estrella
Jill Tarter, Ph.D. – real-life astronomer; former SETI Institute director
José Guzmán, DM/IST – Director of Trillium Project Mission Planning
Kaguta Bahati – Officer with the Kapala Peace Department
Karen Chandar – Popular video personality, 2812
Klaus Mäkelä, D.Sci. – Federal Senator-for-Life
Laurence (Larry) Miller – ZERO Station construction & repair specialist
Leonard Chin, D.Eng. – ISTRI Scientist
Lester Halverson – School friend of Estrella
Louise Goldberg, M.Sc. – Trillium Project Safety Engineer
Madame Kajiyama – Friend of FSA Director Yves Bardot
Maiko Chikyū, M.D. – Trillium Project Medical Director
Makini Mtabe – Lake Victoria Security Officer
María Escovedo – School friend of Estrella
María Castro, Ph.D. – Trillium Project Exobiologist
Margaret Race, Ph.D. – Trillium Project Environmental Director
Mike Harden – Founder of the Church of the Star Children
Monika Grundig, D.Eng. – Trillium Project Recycling Engineer
Mooki Manyedi – Lieutenant with Bulolombe Security
Letsa Mopele – Captain, Tender Ship for the Space Elevator Anchor
Nicole Leatherman, D.Psy. – Forensic Psychologist
Nguyen Tan Thien – School friend of Estrella
Nooshan Kazemi – Partner of Caleb Stokowski
Randy Johnson, Ph.D. – Trillium Project Head Physicist
Sherry Dumelang – ISTRI Communications Staff employee
Tanaya – Hvezda Dubček’s former lover
Terra Lambert – Bulolombe Security Officer
Thabo Mphetsoe – School friend of Estrella
Tom Pierson, MBA – real-life Chief Executive Officer of the SETI Institute
Tommy – Bulolombe ISTRI Project Gate Attendant
Winston Kearsarge, Journalist with the Times of London
Yves Bardot, Ph.D. – Head of the Federal Space Agency, 2812
Zhou Yongxiang, Ph.D. – Trillium Project Propulsion Engineer