Colonization
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- Chats and Forums (15)
- Essays and Manifestos (23)
- Games (5)
- Life Support (5)
- Living Universe Foundation (6)
- Magazines and E-zines (7)
- Mars (15)
- Moon (15)
- Projects and Companies (12)
- Terraforming (14)
Links
National Space Society Roadmap for the Settlement of Space
http://www.nss.org/community/roadmap/
List of Milestones and Barriers to Space Settlement
Notable Nearby Stars
http://solstation.com/stars.htm
Information about nearby star systems out to 65 light years.
Office of Space Commercialization
http://www.technology.gov/space/
US Government office - studies on market for space tourism, satellite industry, and other aspects of space development.
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.
PERMANENT
Rapid development of space using material from asteroids near Earth and from the Moon.
Space Colonies
http://lifesci3.arc.nasa.gov/SpaceSettlement/CoEvolutionBook/
Full text of the 1977 CoEvolution book _Space Colonies_, which is now out of print.
Space Elevator Reference
Scientific, engineering, economic and policy challenges inherent in constructing the solar systems first space elevator.
Space Settlement
http://members.aol.com/oscarcombs/settle.htm
Discusses the space settlement proposals of Gerard K. O'Neill, as popularized in his book "The High Frontier". Features pictures and a FAQ.
Space Settlement
http://lifesci3.arc.nasa.gov/SpaceSettlement/
NASA research office offering introduction to the subject with studies, on-line books, links and a student contest.
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.