Directory of Colonization Resources

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This category 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 -aring civilization by placing self sustaining colonies in space or on other worlds.

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Resources in This Category

• 'Second Earth' Found, 20 Light Years Away

  http://www.theguardian.com/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.

• AIAA - Space Colonization Technical Committee

  https://info.aiaa.org/tac/SMG/SCTC/
  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.

• Artificial Gravity

  http://www.artificial-gravity.com/
  Articles on rotating structures by Ted Hall, with links to dissertation, conference papers, and software.

• 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.

• Foundation Future 25

  http://future25.org/
  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

  http://interzone.com/~cheung/Gallery.dir/pg.gallery3.html
  Ideas for colonizing the moon, Mars, the asteroid belt and the galaxy.

• Gliese 581 c

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gliese_581_c
  Wikipedia entry for newly-discovered, extra-solar, "habitable" planet, 20 light-years away.

• Inter PlaNetary Internet

  http://www.ipnsig.org/
  Internet Society special interest group focused on deep space, long time-lag communications.

• Island One Society

  http://www.islandone.org/
  Propulsion systems, business ideas, archives of space meetings and journals, and political advocacy for the space frontier.

• Laying the Foundation for Space Solar Power: (2001)

  http://www.nap.edu/books/0309075971/html/
  National Research Council study of NASA's late 1990's space solar power efforts.

• NASA Ames - Space Settlement Contests

  http://settlement.arc.nasa.gov/Contest/
  Annual design contest for school-age kids, grades 6-12. Links to winning designs.

• 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.

• Oregon L5 Society

  http://www.oregonl5.org/
  Oregon chapter of the National Space Society; many studies and reports on in-situ resource utilization and related aspects of space development.

• PERMANENT

  http://www.permanent.com/
  Rapid development of space using material from asteroids near Earth and from the Moon.

• 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.

• Self Contained Off-world Residential Environment

  http://settlement.arc.nasa.gov/Contest/Results/97/winner.html
  Full design from the grand prize winner in the 1997 NASA-Ames Space Settlement Design Contest.

• Space Colonies

  http://settlement.arc.nasa.gov/CoEvolutionBook/
  Full text of the 1977 CoEvolution book _Space Colonies_, which is now out of print.

• Space Colony Artwork 1970s

  http://settlement.arc.nasa.gov/70sArt/art.html
  A collection of images from early NASA work on large-scale space habitats.

• Space Elevator

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_elevator
  Information from Wikipedia on this proposed structure designed to transport material from Earth's surface into space.

• Space Settlement

  http://settlement.arc.nasa.gov/
  NASA research office offering introduction to the subject with studies, on-line books, links and a student contest.

• Space Settlement - Colonizing the Cosmos

  http://space.alglobus.net/
  Al Globus' studies, reviews, and links on the subject of O'Neill-style space settlements.

• Space Settlement - National Space Society

  http://www.nss.org/settlement/
  Collection of essays, articles, studies, and other reference materials on all aspects of colonizing and settling space.

• 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.

• Space Solar Power Workshop

  http://www.sspi.gatech.edu/
  Discussion of the energy path for space development.

• Space Studies Institute

  http://www.ssi.org/
  The organization founded by Gerard O'Neill, with detailed information about his space settlement proposals.

• SpaceArchitect.org

  http://www.spacearchitect.org/
  AIAA subcommittee on aerospace architecture in space and on Earth.

• SpaceElevatorWiki

  http://spaceelevatorwiki.com/wiki/index.php/Overview
  Intended to be a repository of information and a baseline for research on the space elevator.

• The Apollo Society

  http://apollo-society.org/
  Organization dedicated to advance space exploration and the establishment of human communities beyond Earth.

• The Space Frontier Foundation

  https://spacefrontier.org/
  Organization composed of space activists, scientists and individuals from all backgrounds and nations. It aims to open the space frontier to human settlement as rapidly as possible. Includes a blog and details of conferences.

• 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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