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» PERMANENT   - Rapid development of space using material from asteroids near Earth and from the Moon.




» The Apollo Society - Organization dedicated to advance space exploration and the establishment of human communities beyond Earth.




» Artificial Gravity - Articles on rotating structures by Ted Hall, with links to dissertation, conference papers, and software.




» Astrosociology.com - Study of sociological aspects of space exploration and settlement.




» Beanstalk elevator - "Virtual beanstalk" amateur design group for a (small scale) space elevator.




» 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.




» The Case for Space - Articles and short stories by Robert Weidner, on various roads to space colonization.




» 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.




» 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.




» 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.




» 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.




» Galleria 2433 - Ideas for colonizing the moon, Mars, the asteroid belt and the galaxy.




» Inter PlaNetary Internet - Internet Society special interest group focused on deep space, long time-lag communications.




» International Space Settlement Design Competition - An annual event in which teams of high school students prepare designs for cities in space.




» Interstellar Missions - News of breakthroughs in propulsion physics and the search for extra-solar planets that will enable missions beyond the solar system.




» Island One Society - Propulsion systems, business ideas, archives of space meetings and journals, and political advocacy for the space frontier.




» L5: First City In Space - IMAX 3D film (1996) on how humans may live and travel in our solar system a century from now.




» Laying the Foundation for Space Solar Power: (2001) - National Research Council study of NASA's late 1990's space solar power efforts.




» Living on Green Islands in Space - Information about O'Neill-type orbiting habitats and why we may want to built them.




» NASA Ames - Space Settlement Contests - Annual design contest for school-age kids, grades 6-12. Links to winning designs.




» National Space Society Roadmap for the Settlement of Space - List of Milestones and Barriers to Space Settlement




» Notable Nearby Stars - Information about nearby star systems out to 65 light years.




» 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 Preparation - Links between nanotechnology and space colonization; essays on the transhuman future.




» Space Colony Artwork 1970s - A collection of images from early NASA work on large-scale space habitats.




» 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




» Space Development Institute - Associated with the company SpaceDev, this nonprofit institute focuses on near Earth asteroid research and ways to open up space to all humanity.




» Space Elevator Reference - Scientific, engineering, economic and policy challenges inherent in constructing the solar systems first space elevator.




» The Space Flag - A flag designed to be flown by supporters of space colonization.




» The Space Frontier Foundation - Articles, discussion sites, meetings, and government 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 Settlement - Colonizing the Cosmos - Al Globus' studies, reviews, and links on the subject of O'Neill-style space settlements.




» 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 Space Settlement Institute - A non-profit association founded to help promote space colonization; emphasis on property rights law.




» The Space Settlers' Society - contacts and articles on European space advocacy, ramjets, and space tourism.




» Space Solar Power Monitor - News, discussion, links to latest information on SSP.




» Space Solar Power Workshop - Discussion of the energy path for space development.




» Space Studies Institute - The organization founded by Gerard O'Neill, with detailed information about his space settlement proposals.




» 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.




» 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.