STS 497I Space Colonization Links

Compiled by GROUP 5: Jason Camilo, Rachel Cervin, and Jim Musser
Ratings are on scale of 1-5, with 5 being most useful/interesting/informative.
Our links are divided into two sections--the top half is final-end links, the bottom ones have more sites linking off of them.
Final-end Links

SPACE COLONIZATION INSTITUTE Academic: 3
Looks at space colonization from an academic standpoint incorporationg technological and economic aspects on colonization.

NASA-SPACE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND COMMERCIAL RESEARCH Technological: 4
Focuses on the technological initiatives and products required for space travel.

NATIONAL SPACE SOCIETY
Socio-Political: 5: Long term focused society examining a variety of issues in space colonization.

PERMANENT Commercial: 5
Group focused primarily on the commercial aspects of lunar bases and asteroids.

THE ARTEMIS PROJECT Commercial, Technological: 5
Group that aims to put self-sustaining communities on the moon.

THE LIVING UNIVERSE FOUNDATION
Commercial, Social: 5
Site dedicated to exploration and settlement of the oceans and space.

SPACE STUDIES INSTITUTE Technological: 4
Site dedicated to cultivating the technologies to put humans in space on a permanent basis.

MOON MINERS MANIFESTO Technological, Policy: 4:
Online magazine about space settlement of the moon.

LUNAR INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION Industrial: 2:
Forum for industry experts to discuss moon and space exploration.


Launching Links

TRANSORBITAL, INC. Commercial: 3
Site devoted to space commercialism.

TRANSORBITAL.COM
Technological: 4 Site that examines the tech possibilities and realities of space.

MIKE'S LUNAR DEVELOPMENT PAGE Technological, Political: 4
Collection of essays and links to other lunar resources on the web.

FRONTIER SPACE REPORT News: 5
Site devoted to providing the latest space news from around the world.

LUNAR UNDERGROUND WEB RING Internet: 2
Webring home devoted primarily to webmaster information. Webring is for lunar-based websites.