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Artificial Gravity
http://www0.arch.cuhk.edu.hk/~hall/ag/
Articles on rotating structures by Ted Hall, with links to dissertation, conference papers, and software.

Beanstalk elevator
http://members.aol.com/beanstalkr/project/
"Virtual beanstalk" amateur design group for a (small scale) space elevator.

Centripetal Vivarium Space Habitats
http://www.1point1c.org/tech/colony.jsp
Advocates, as preferable to lunar colonisation or terraforming, the construction of huge manufactured living spaces that can be spun to create gravitational effects.

Critical Path Roadmap
http://criticalpath.jsc.nasa.gov/
NASA analysis of critical research and development needs for human exploration and settlement of space.

DaedalusaL4 Guide
http://www.daedalusal4.utvinternet.co.uk/
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.

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.

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.

Living on Green Islands in Space
http://www.dse.nl/~hkl/e_space.htm
Information about O'Neill-type orbiting habitats and why we may want to built them.

NASA Ames - Space Settlement Contests
http://www.belmont.k12.ca.us/ralston/programs/itech/SpaceSettlement/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.

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
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.

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
http://www.spaceelevator.com/
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
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 at NASA
http://spacesolarpower.nasa.gov/
design and development of solar power satellites and solar power systems for use in space.

Space Solar Power Monitor
http://www.wronkiewicz.net/ssp/
News, discussion, links to latest information on SSP.

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.

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