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Office of Space Commercialization - http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/space/
US Government office - studies on market for space tourism, satellite industry, and other aspects of space development. |
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Inter PlaNetary Internet - http://www.ipnsig.org/
Internet Society special interest group focused on deep space, long time-lag communications. |
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The Space Frontier Foundation - http://www.space-frontier.org
Articles, discussion sites, meetings, and government advocacy dedicated to opening the space frontier as rapidly as possible. |
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Gliese 581 c - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gliese_581_c
Wikipedia entry for newly-discovered, extra-solar, "habitable" planet, 20 light-years away. |
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Space Studies Institute - http://www.ssi.org
The organization founded by Gerard O'Neill, with detailed information about his space settlement proposals. |
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Island One Society - http://www.islandone.org
Propulsion systems, business ideas, archives of space meetings and journals, and political advocacy for the space frontier. |
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Bioastronautics Roadmap at NASA - http://bioastroroadmap.nasa.gov/index.jsp
NASA analysis of critical research and development issues, particularly relating to medical needs, for human exploration and settlement of space; focus on space station, Moon, and Mars mission concepts. |
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The Apollo Society - http://apollo-society.org/
Organization dedicated to advance space exploration and the establishment of human communities beyond Earth. |
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The Space Settlement Institute - http://www.space-settlement-institute.org
A non-profit association founded to help promote space colonization; emphasis on property rights law. |
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Space Settlement Initiative - http://spacesettlement.org/
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. |
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Pioneer Organisms Nominated for Terraforming - http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~mfogg/pioneer.htm
Introducing life forms into a barren environment is called ecopoiesis. This article suggests several microbes suitable for pioneering introduction to Mars and Venus. |
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'Second Earth' Found, 20 Light Years Away - http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2007/apr/25/starsgalaxiesandplanets.spaceexploration
Article from the Guardian on the discovery of an earth-like planet following a three year search for habitable planets by the European Southern Observatory at La Silla in Chile. |
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Space Settlement - http://space.mike-combs.com/
Discusses the space settlement proposals of Gerard K. O'Neill, as popularized in his book "The High Frontier". Features pictures and a FAQ. |
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Space Colony Artwork 1970s - http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Education/SpaceSettlement/70sArt/art.html
A collection of images from early NASA work on large-scale space habitats. |
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Space Settlement - Colonizing the Cosmos - http://space.alglobus.net/
Al Globus' studies, reviews, and links on the subject of O'Neill-style space settlements. |
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Space Settlement - http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Education/SpaceSettlement/
NASA research office offering introduction to the subject with studies, on-line books, links and a student contest. |
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Space Colonies - http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Education/SpaceSettlement/CoEvolutionBook/
Full text of the 1977 CoEvolution book _Space Colonies_, which is now out of print. |
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Space Elevator Reference - http://www.spaceelevator.com/
Scientific, engineering, economic and policy challenges inherent in constructing the solar systems first space elevator. |
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DaedalusaL4 Guide - http://www.daedalusal4.utvinternet.co.uk/
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. |
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The Space Settlers' Society - http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andy-nimmo/Webpage2a.htm
contacts and articles on European space advocacy, ramjets, and space tourism. |
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Space Colony Terra Nova: Beyond 2001 - http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Cavern/8434/spacecol.htm
Full design from the first place winner (Individual grade 10-12) in the 1997 NASA-Ames Space Settlement Design Contest |
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NASA Ames - Space Settlement Contests - http://www.belmont.k12.ca.us/ralston/programs/itech/SpaceSettlement/Contest/
Annual design contest for school-age kids, grades 6-12. Links to winning designs. |
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Artificial Gravity - http://www.artificial-gravity.com/
Articles on rotating structures by Ted Hall, with links to dissertation, conference papers, and software. |
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CosmosFrontier.com - http://www.cosmosfrontier.com/
Organisation aiming to promote the idea of space colonization as a long-term solution to the big problems facing humanity. Provides information on astronomy, space exploration and colonization as well as science-fiction. |
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AIAA - Space Colonization Technical Committee - http://www.aiaa.org/portal/index.cfm?getcomm=195
Committee of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics formed in 2002, to promote the identification and development of advanced concepts, science, and technology that will support, enhance and enable permanent human presence in space. |
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Aceize - Space Colonization Research - http://www.aceize.com
Articles on technologies and science for human space colonization. |
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Moon News - http://www.moonnews.org
Links to news items about the moon. |
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The SCTC Project - http://www.spacecolonizationproject.com/
Space Colonization Training and Education Center project to design, construct, and place in operation a simulated space station and remote research base for the training of future space colonists. |
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Galleria 2433 - http://interzone.com/~cheung/Gallery.dir/pg.gallery3.html
Ideas for colonizing the moon, Mars, the asteroid belt and the galaxy. |
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Denie's Off World Training - http://community.webtv.net/Denlen/OFFWORLDTRAINING
Bodybuilding, weight training, and related matters, with this section covering the problems and need for resistance machine activities in zero-g. |