[Tickets] [Orxonox] #347: Model for Hydrogen Farmer

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#347: Model for Hydrogen Farmer
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 Reporter:  bknecht      |       Owner:  nobody
     Type:  PPS_project  |      Status:  new   
 Priority:  high         |   Milestone:        
Component:  GameContent  |     Version:        
 Severity:  major        |    Keywords:        
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 Design and create a model of a Hydrogen Farmer of one of the big energy
 companies in the universe of Orxonox.

 You are free in your design choice and you may incorporate following ideas
 and suggestions as it may fit you.

 The purpose of the Hydrogen Farmer is as the name suggests the farming of
 hydrogen. Big energy companies suck away parts of Jupiter's atmosphere,
 which contains mostly of hydrogen. Hydrogen is the most used fuel for the
 fusion reactors of future spaceships.

 The Hydrogen Farmer needs a docking bay for gas transporters. Those ships
 bring fuel to the farmer and receive the raw gas from the atmosphere,
 which they will bring back to the refineries. As those transporters are
 quite huge, the docking place can be located outside. We also only need a
 minimum of 2 transporters that can dock the farmer at one time. Smaller
 ships should still be able to dock or land on/in the farmer regardless of
 gas transporters.

 Since the Hydrogen Farmer flies in small orbit around Jupiter it has to
 withstand a lot of gravitational forces. I therefore suggest a bulky
 design that has resemblance with arch dams, used for artificial lakes on
 Earth, to withstand those forces. That also means that docking bays and
 windows and antennas should be located away from the planet, at the top
 side of the farmer.

 The "farming" part is done, by a artificial gravitational field that
 nullifies Jupiter's gravitational field locally. Strong radiation, similar
 to that of solar winds are used to further stir up the atmosphere beneath
 the farmer.
 For the design this simply means that there has to be some openings and
 stuff that allows for this technology and the gathering of the sucked up
 gas.

 For questions and clarifications, please ask me (reporter of ticket
 @orxonox.net)

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