Colonization Space Technology

This section is for the technologies needed to move humanity into space and the organizations dedicated to that goal. Space colonization is the process through which we become a true space faring civilization by placing self sustaining colonies in space or on other worlds.

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• The Apollo Society - Organization dedicated to advance space exploration and the establishment of human communities beyond Earth.
  
• The Space Frontier Foundation - Articles, discussion sites, meetings, and government advocacy dedicated to opening the space frontier as rapidly as possible.
  
• The Space Settlers' Society - contacts and articles on European space advocacy, ramjets, and space tourism.
  
• Space Elevator Reference - Scientific, engineering, economic and policy challenges inherent in constructing the solar systems first space elevator.
  
• Artificial Gravity - Articles on rotating structures by Ted Hall, with links to dissertation, conference papers, and software.
  
• DaedalusaL4 Guide - 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.
  
• Space Solar Power Monitor - News, discussion, links to latest information on SSP.
  
• Space Studies Institute - The organization founded by Gerard O'Neill, with detailed information about his space settlement proposals.
  
• Space Settlement - National Space Society - Collection of essays, articles, studies, and other reference materials on all aspects of colonizing and settling space.
  
• Laying the Foundation for Space Solar Power: (2001) - National Research Council study of NASA's late 1990's space solar power efforts.
  
• AIAA - Space Colonization Technical Committee - 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.
  
• Space Colony Artwork 1970s - A collection of images from early NASA work on large-scale space habitats.
  
• Space Settlement - Colonizing the Cosmos - Al Globus' studies, reviews, and links on the subject of O'Neill-style space settlements.
  
• Gliese 581 c - Wikipedia entry for newly-discovered, extra-solar, "habitable" planet, 20 light-years away.
  
• The Space Settlement Institute - A non-profit association founded to help promote space colonization; emphasis on property rights law.
  
• Notable Nearby Stars - Information about nearby star systems out to 65 light years.
  
• Space Colony Terra Nova: Beyond 2001 - Full design from the first place winner (Individual grade 10-12) in the 1997 NASA-Ames Space Settlement Design Contest
  
• Office of Space Commercialization - US Government office - studies on market for space tourism, satellite industry, and other aspects of space development.
  
• 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.
  
• Living on Green Islands in Space - Information about O'Neill-type orbiting habitats and why we may want to built them.
  
• Denie's Off World Training - Bodybuilding, weight training, and related matters, with this section covering the problems and need for resistance machine activities in zero-g.
  
• The Space Flag - A flag designed to be flown by supporters of space colonization.
  
• The SCTC Project - 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.
  
• 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.
  
• Pioneer Organisms Nominated for Terraforming - Introducing life forms into a barren environment is called ecopoiesis. This article suggests several microbes suitable for pioneering introduction to Mars and Venus.
  
• National Space Society Roadmap for the Settlement of Space - List of Milestones and Barriers to Space Settlement
  
• International Space Settlement Design Competition - An annual event in which teams of high school students prepare designs for cities in space.
  
• Moon News - Links to news items about the moon.
  
• Aceize - Space Colonization Research - Articles on technologies and science for human space colonization.
  
• Galleria 2433 - Ideas for colonizing the moon, Mars, the asteroid belt and the galaxy.
  
• Space Solar Power Workshop - Discussion of the energy path for space development.
  
• Island One Society - Propulsion systems, business ideas, archives of space meetings and journals, and political advocacy for the space frontier.
  
• SpaceArchitect.org - AIAA subcommittee on aerospace architecture in space and on Earth.
  
• Starships and Space Colonies - Technology and engineering discussion of possible orbital space colonies designs.
  
• 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.
  
• Astrosociology.com - Study of sociological aspects of space exploration and settlement.
  
• Space Colonies - Full text of the 1977 CoEvolution book _Space Colonies_, which is now out of print.
  
• Foundation Future 25 - 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.
  
• L5: First City In Space - IMAX 3D film (1996) on how humans may live and travel in our solar system a century from now.
  
• Bioastronautics Roadmap at NASA - 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.
  
• 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.
  
• Inter PlaNetary Internet - Internet Society special interest group focused on deep space, long time-lag communications.
  
• The Case for Space - Articles and short stories by Robert Weidner, on various roads to space colonization.
  
• 'Second Earth' Found, 20 Light Years Away - 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.
  
• NASA Ames - Space Settlement Contests - Annual design contest for school-age kids, grades 6-12. Links to winning designs.
  
  

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