The Carn-devis Survey
Published in 2209, the Carn-devis Survey was the first catalog of star systems meeting criteria for "expeditionary investigation" as offering potential for colonization.
Purpose
The Survey was undertaken to identify and provide a preliminary assessment of star systems with potential for colonization - planetary bodies within the temperature, topographical, and gravitational ranges suitable for occupation with terraforming and/or the construction of arcology habitats.
The astronomical technology of the 23rd Century was sufficiently advanced to provide reliable ultraspectroscopic data not only on stars, but often on viewable planetary bodies, and data on potential atmospheric and gravitational conditions could be extrapolated with some reliability
Given the massive scale and expense of the early colonial expeditions, any effort to narrow down the potential systems to investigate from among the more than 200,000 stars within 250 light years of Sol.Tellus System seemed worthwhile.
The astronomical technology of the 23rd Century was sufficiently advanced to provide reliable ultraspectroscopic data not only on stars, but often on viewable planetary bodies, and data on potential atmospheric and gravitational conditions could be extrapolated with some reliability
Given the massive scale and expense of the early colonial expeditions, any effort to narrow down the potential systems to investigate from among the more than 200,000 stars within 250 light years of Sol.Tellus System seemed worthwhile.
Document Structure
Publication Status
The Survey has been updated nine times, with the most recent (and probably final) edition being issued in 2559, three years before the failure of the Intercolonial Investment Trust and the Panic of 2562.
Historical Details
Background
After the success of the Ares Colony, Sol.Tellus (then known as "Earth") was increasingly inclined to look at the establishment of extra-system colonies as a potential solution for its demographic, climatological and geopolitical challenges. The construction of arcology orbital communities Maragonek and Davos and the lunar arcology at Ganymede Colony were directed to the end of providing research and development for a larger colonial agenda.
A joint project of Aresport University and the Klaemmering Observatory, the Carn-devis survey was intended to identify, categorize and characterize potentially habitable systems within a 250 light-year radius of the Sol.Tellus system, a massive project that began in 2137, involving more than two dozen major orbital and fixed-mount telescopes and five hypercomputation stations. More than twenty teams of researchers staffed the Survey.
A joint project of Aresport University and the Klaemmering Observatory, the Carn-devis survey was intended to identify, categorize and characterize potentially habitable systems within a 250 light-year radius of the Sol.Tellus system, a massive project that began in 2137, involving more than two dozen major orbital and fixed-mount telescopes and five hypercomputation stations. More than twenty teams of researchers staffed the Survey.
Type
Report, Scientific
Medium
Digital Recording, Various
Authoring Date
2209
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