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Artificial Gravity
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Articles on rotating structures by Ted Hall, with links to dissertation, conference papers, and software.
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Centripetal Vivarium Space Habitats
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Advocates, as preferable to lunar colonisation or terraforming, the construction of huge manufactured living spaces that can be spun to create gravitational effects.
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International Space Settlement Design Competition
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An annual event in which teams of high school students prepare designs for cities in space.
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NASA Ames - Space Settlement Contests
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Annual design contest for school-age kids, grades 6-12. Links to winning designs.
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The Case for Space
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Articles and short stories by Robert Weidner, on various roads to space colonization.
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The Space Flag
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A flag designed to be flown by supporters of space colonization.
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Astrosociology.com
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Study of sociological aspects of space exploration and settlement.
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Beanstalk elevator
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"Virtual beanstalk" amateur design group for a (small scale) space elevator.
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Bioastronautics Roadmap at NASA
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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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DaedalusaL4 Guide
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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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Denie's Off World Training
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Bodybuilding, weight training, and related matters, with this section covering the problems and need for resistance machine activities in zero-g.
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Foundation Future 25
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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.
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Galleria 2433
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Ideas for colonizing the moon, Mars, the asteroid belt and the galaxy.
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Inter PlaNetary Internet
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Internet Society special interest group focused on deep space, long time-lag communications.
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Interstellar Missions
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News of breakthroughs in propulsion physics and the search for extra-solar planets that will enable missions beyond the solar system.
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Island One Society
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Propulsion systems, business ideas, archives of space meetings and journals, and political advocacy for the space frontier.
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L5: First City In Space
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IMAX 3D film (1996) on how humans may live and travel in our solar system a century from now.
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Laying the Foundation for Space Solar Power: (2001)
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National Research Council study of NASA's late 1990's space solar power efforts.
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Living on Green Islands in Space
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Information about O'Neill-type orbiting habitats and why we may want to built them.
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National Space Society Roadmap for the Settlement of Space
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List of Milestones and Barriers to Space Settlement
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Notable Nearby Stars
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Information about nearby star systems out to 65 light years.
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Office of Space Commercialization
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US Government office - studies on market for space tourism, satellite industry, and other aspects of space development.
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Oregon L5 Society
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Oregon chapter of the National Space Society; many studies and reports on in-situ resource utilization and related aspects of space development.
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PERMANENT
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Rapid development of space using material from asteroids near Earth and from the Moon.
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Space Colonies
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Full text of the 1977 CoEvolution book _Space Colonies_, which is now out of print.
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Space Colony Artwork 1970s
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A collection of images from early NASA work on large-scale space habitats.
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Space Colony Terra Nova: Beyond 2001
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Full design from the first place winner (Individual grade 10-12) in the 1997 NASA-Ames Space Settlement Design Contest
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Space Elevator Reference
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Scientific, engineering, economic and policy challenges inherent in constructing the solar systems first space elevator.
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Space Settlement
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NASA research office offering introduction to the subject with studies, on-line books, links and a student contest.
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Space Settlement
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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 Settlement - Colonizing the Cosmos
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Al Globus' studies, reviews, and links on the subject of O'Neill-style space settlements.
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Space Settlement Initiative
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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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Space Solar Power Monitor
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News, discussion, links to latest information on SSP.
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Space Solar Power Workshop
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Discussion of the energy path for space development.
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Space Studies Institute
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The organization founded by Gerard O'Neill, with detailed information about his space settlement proposals.
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SpaceArchitect.org
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AIAA subcommittee on aerospace architecture in space and on Earth.
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Starships and Space Colonies
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Technology and engineering discussion of possible orbital space colonies designs.
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The Apollo Society
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Organization dedicated to advance space exploration and the establishment of human communities beyond Earth.
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The Preparation
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Links between nanotechnology and space colonization; essays on the transhuman future.
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The Space Frontier Foundation
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Articles, discussion sites, meetings, and government advocacy dedicated to opening the space frontier as rapidly as possible.
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The Space Settlement Institute
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A non-profit association founded to help promote space colonization; emphasis on property rights law.
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The Space Settlers' Society
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contacts and articles on European space advocacy, ramjets, and space tourism.
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