Science, Technology, Space, Colonization
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 - Rapid development of space using material from asteroids near Earth and from the Moon.
- List of Milestones and Barriers to Space Settlement
- Emerging platform for long-term thinking, acting and growth. Supporting space colonization and the development of life and humanity on earth earth, the planets and in the universe.
- official website of an American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics subcommittee on aerospace architecture comprising architects and associated professionals who organize conference papers, develop educational tools, collaborate on design projects a
- Annual design contest for school-age kids, grades 6-12. Links to winning designs.
- Links between nanotechnology and space colonization; essays on the transhuman future.
- A group of people, mainly Poles or of Polish origin, who believe that expansion into space is a prerequisite for further development of our civilization. An English version of the site is maintained.
- News, discussion, links to latest information on SSP.
- Articles and short stories by Robert Weidner, on various roads to space colonization.
- design and development of solar power satellites and solar power systems for use in space.
- Propulsion systems, business ideas, archives of space meetings and journals, and political advocacy for the space frontier.
- NASA analysis of critical research and development needs for human exploration and settlement of space.
- Oregon chapter of the National Space Society; many studies and reports on in-situ resource utilization and related aspects of space development.
- Bodybuilding, weight training, and related matters, with this section covering the problems and need for resistance machine activities in zero-g.
- Advocates, as preferable to lunar colonisation or terraforming, the construction of huge manufactured living spaces that can be spun to create gravitational effects.
- "Virtual beanstalk" amateur design group for a (small scale) space elevator.
- Newsletters, discussions and design concepts for interstellar exploration of space offered by a non-profit organization.
- Detailed design study for a 10,000 person space settlement in Earth orbit, using current technology. 2000 Grand Prize Winner in Space Settlement Design Contest.
- US Government office - studies on market for space tourism, satellite industry, and other aspects of space development.
- Articles, discussion sites, meetings, and government advocacy dedicated to opening the space frontier as rapidly as possible.
- Ideas for colonizing the moon, Mars, the asteroid belt and the galaxy.
- News of breakthroughs in propulsion physics and the search for extra-solar planets that will enable missions beyond the solar system.
- Information about O'Neill-type orbiting habitats and why we may want to built them.
- A non-profit association founded to help promote space colonization; emphasis on property rights law.
- Scientific, engineering, economic and policy challenges inherent in constructing the solar systems first space elevator.
- NASA research office offering introduction to the subject with studies, on-line books, links and a student contest.
- contacts and articles on European space advocacy, ramjets, and space tourism.
- The organization founded by Gerard O'Neill, with detailed information about his space settlement proposals.
- An annual event in which teams of high school students prepare designs for cities in space.
- A proposal to grant ownership of land on the moon and Mars to companies that establish settlements and agree to sell passage to anyone willing to pay a fair price.
- Information about nearby star systems out to 65 light years.
- Full text of the 1977 CoEvolution book _Space Colonies_, which is now out of print.
- Discussion of the energy path for space development.
- National Research Council study of NASA's late 1990's space solar power efforts.
- Articles on rotating structures by Ted Hall, with links to dissertation, conference papers, and software.
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