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Topia!: Science: Technology: Space: Colonization (140)
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 PERMANENT - Rapid development of space using material from asteroids near Earth and from the Moon.
Space Colonization Basics - A beginner's guide to space colonization. Space Settlement - NASA educational site for space settlements. The Space Frontier Foundation - Articles, discussion sites, meetings, and governemnt advocacy dedicated to opening the space frontier as rapidly as possible. Space Settlement - Discusses the space settlement proposals of Gerard K. O'Neill, as popularized in his book "The High Frontier". Features pictures and a FAQ. Space Studies Institute - The organization founded by Gerard O'Neill, with detailed information about his space settlement proposals. International Space Settlement Design Competition - An annual event in which teams of high school students prepare designs for cities in space. Island One Society - Propulsion systems, business ideas, archives of space meetings and journals, and political advocacy for the space frontier. Artificial Gravity - Articles on rotating structures by Ted Hall, with links to dissertation, conference papers, and software. Space Colonies - Full text of the 1977 CoEvolution book _Space Colonies_, which is now out of print. Living on Green Islands in Space - Information about O'Neill-type orbiting habitats and why we may want to built them. Galleria 2433 - Ideas for colonizing the moon, Mars, the asteroid belt and the galaxy. Centripetal Vivarium Space Habitats - Advocates, as preferable to lunar colonisation or terraforming, the construction of huge manufactured living spaces that can be spun to create gravitational effects. URANOS: Club for Expansion of Civilization into Space - 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. Space Settlement Initiative - 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. The Interstellar Society - Newsletters, discussions and design concepts for interstellar exploration of space offered by a non-profit organization. Office of Space Commercialization - US Government office - studies on market for space tourism, satellite industry, and other aspects of space development. Space Solar Power at NASA - design and development of solar power satellites and solar power systems for use in space. Laying the Foundation for Space Solar Power: (2001) - National Research Council study of NASA's late 1990's space solar power efforts. Oregon L5 Society - Oregon chapter of the National Space Society; many studies and reports on in-situ resource utilization and related aspects of space development. The Space Settlers' Society - contacts and articles on European space advocacy, ramjets, and space tourism. ZIASPACE - Lyrics, music, and space links from space-themed music group ZIA. Space Settlement - NASA Ames - Al Globus' articles, student design contest, and links on settling space. National Space Society Roadmap for the Settlement of Space - List of Milestones and Barriers to Space Settlement Critical Path Roadmap - NASA analysis of critical research and development needs for human exploration and settlement of space. Space Architecture - Resources, activities and events for those interested in space architecture, from an AIAA subcommittee. Totipotent.org - How and why planet Earth is in position to "give birth" and spread life to the rest of the universe. Beanstalk elevator - "Virtual beanstalk" amateur design group for a (small scale) space elevator. Notable Nearby Stars - Information about nearby star systems out to 65 light years. Space Elevator Reference - Scientific, engineering, economic and policy challenges inherent in constructing the solar systems first space elevator.
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