Humanity in Space: Settlement, Habitats, etc.

Space Resources:

• Lunar Resources - Moon Section
• Space Resources Course Notes - Univ. of Wisconsin
• Univ. Arizona/NASA Space Engineering Lab
• Lunar He3
  • How moon rocks could power the future: Helium-3, not so abundant on Earth, can be found in lunar soil - msnbc.com - Aug.13.08
  • Race to the Moon for Nuclear Fuel - Wired - Dec.15.06
  • Moon a great power source - smh.com.au - July.11.02
  • An energy source that's out of this world - Asia Times - Nov.15.03
  • Researchers and space enthusiasts see helium-3 as the perfect fuel source-Space.com-June.30.00.
  • University of Wisconsin Fusion Technology Institute
    • He-3 Gallery of Media Coverage
    • A fascinating hour with Gerald Kulcinsk - The Space Review - Jan.16.06 - Eric Hedman profiles University of Wisconsin professor Gerald Kulcinski, a leading proponent of Helium-3 fusion.
    • New Opportunities for Fusion in the 21st Century - Advanced Fuels; G.L. Kulcinski and J.F. Santarius (pdf file) -Univ. Wisconsin - discussion of d-He3 propulsion, IEC
    • The Development of Lunar 3He Resources: Near-Term Applications and Long-Term Prospects; G.L. Kulcinski, et al - July.2000 (pdf)
• Lunar Platinum
  • Lunar platinum and alcohol fuel cells - The Space Review - Feb.13.06
• Lunar Oxygen
  • MoonROx Challenge - a NASA Centennial Challenge at California Space Education and Workforce Institute
  • Oxygen Extraction from Lunar Samples - NASA astromaterials curator - by Carlton C. Allen
  • Breathing Moonrocks: The Moon has plentiful oxygen for future astronauts. It's lying on the ground - science@NASA - May.5.06
  • MoonROx Cenntennial Challenge
• Space Mining
  • Center for Space Resources - Colorado School of Mining
    • News
    • 8th Continent project
    • Projects
  • ISRU: Space Resources Roundtable
    • Abstracts and papers from the annual conferences it has held since 1999
  • Asteroid Mining for Profit - Don's Astronomy
    • Asteroid Value Table
    • Asteroid Composition Table
  • "How Asteroid Mining Will Work" - Howstuffworks
  • The Moon Miner - lots of Moon mining related info
  • The Future of Space Mining by Michael Booth - American Univ. - Dec.1995
  • Space, Trade and Garbage, by James Bonnell and Damon C. Morris - Case Study
  • PERMANENT - Asteroids Near Earth - Index
  • Galactic Mining Industries, Inc.
    • Telepossession of Extraterrestrial Resources and Leveraged Financing of Outer Space Projects - gaining title to space property via robotic prospectors
  • Chip Design Islands of ice - IEE Spectrum - Aug.01
  • Mining Asteroids: Melting trapped ice could turn a profit for private companies, with metal processing not far behind - IEEE Spectrum - Aug.01
  • Delta-V from LEO to Asteroids, Moon, etc
  • NEAP/SpaceDev - private asteroid exploration/mining project:
    • SpaceDev
    • CNN - Space entrepreneur may inspire 'rocket boys' for a new millennium - March 1, 1999
• Articles:
  • Mining the Moon By William Stone - IEEE Specturm - June.09
  • Mining the Moons of Mars - NEW PAPYRUS - Jan.3.08
  • Powdery lunar surface, low gravity make the mood ideal for cheap mining, processing - Mining Weekly - Apr.26.07
  • Riches in the Sky: The Promise of Asteroid Mining by Mark Whittington - Associated Content - Nov.15.05
  • The Resources of the Moon and Beyond - ad Astra/Space.com - Feb.23.05
  • Deep Space Exploration - Looking for Planetary Paydirt - Space.com - Nov.14.01
  • Antarctic/Alaska-like Wind Turbines Could be used on Mars - NASA Ames PR - Oct.10.01
  • Traveling light -- between planets - csmonitor.com - Sept.27.01
  • Space Drills For Mining the Future - Space.com - Sept.12.01
  • Seeking El Dorado in space - CNN.com - May 16, 2001
  • Astronaut Sees the Asteroids as 'Stepping Stones' - Space.com-Feb.23.00
  • Asteroids: Gold Mine or Pile of Rubble? - Space.com - Feb.10.00

ISRU - In Situ Resource Utilization

• Lunar ISRU
• NASA :: S&MS:: In Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) Element
• ISRU Research Lab, Univ. Washington
• Bringing Mars into the Iron Age
• NAIC Studies
• Surface Systems - A Crewed Mission to Mars - NASA
• Wickman Spacecraft & Propulsion Company
  • In-Situ Martian Propulsion - Carbon Dioxide/Magnesium Powder Rocket Engines
  • Lunar Soil Propellant
• Moon Regolith Oxygen Extraction
  • MoonROx Challenge - at California Space Education and Workforce Institute
    • MoonROx Centennial Challenge - Out of the Cradle - Sept.11.05
    • Improved Lunar and Martian Regolith Simulant Production - Orbital Technologies Corporation
  • New Device Extracts Oxygen from Moon Rocks - Universe Today - Aug.11.09
    
• Lunar water extraction:
  • Test taps into moon's water - al.com - Oct.6.08 - microwave extraction of water from regolith
• Lunar/Mars Construction:
  • Mars Homestead Project
    • Builders in a Strange Land - Wired News - June.18.04
  • Magma, Ceramic, and Fused Adobe Structures In Situ by E. Nader Khalili
  • CalEarth Forum
  • Cement Jet Printed Buildings on the Moon and Mega-scale Fabrication - Next Big Future - Feb.20.09
  • Astronauts could mix DIY concrete for cheap moon base - New Scientist - Oct.17.08
• Solar cells and other power systems built with lunar materials:
• Lunar colony to run on moon dust and robots - New Scientist - Jan.23.05
• Articles:
  • The problems with lunar ISRU - The Space Review - Sept.5.06 - Donald Rapp
  • Membranes on Mars: Thin membranes developed by NASA-funded researchers could help people go to Mars--and clean the air here on Earth. - Science@NASA - Dec.3.03
  • Harvesting Mars: A NASA-supported scientist is learning how to use carbon dioxide--the main gas in Mars' atmosphere--to harvest rocket fuel and water from the red planet. - Science@NASA - Aug.20.03
  • Plastic Homes For A Rusty World - Spacedaily - April.5.01
  • Future 'Martians' Could Live in Caves - Space.com - Mar.21.00
  • CNN.com - Space - Oxygen on Mars? Science fiction could become science fact - March 20, 200

Asteroid: Exploration, Prospecting and Development

• Asteroids, Comets, NEOs
• Articles:
  • Meteorites From Inner Solar System Match Up To Earth's Platinum Standard - Science Daily - Oct.4.08
  • Asteroid missions: be patient, or bring lotsa gas - The Space Review - Mar.26.07

Space Industry: Microgravity, High-Vacuum, etc.

Space Gardening/Farming/Recyling

Space Solar Power

• InterPlaNetary Internet Study Public Site - JPL
• Internet Society IPN Special Interest Group
  
• The Interplanetary Internet: NASA researchers quarrel over how to network outer space - IEEE Spectrum - Aug.22.05
  
• InterPlanetary Network and and Information Systems Directorate (IPN-ISD) - NASA deep space antenna network
• CLEO: Cisco router in Low Earth Orbit - Lloyd Wood
• 2001 Mars Odyssey - Mission: Communications Relay
• OMNI Web Server - first in-Space web server
  • ScienceDaily Magazine -- NASA Engineers Use Standard Internet Protocols To "Talk" With A Satellite
• DTN:
  • DTN at Wikipedia
  • Delay Tolerant Networking Research Group
    • Delay-Tolerant Networks (DTNs): A Tutorial - Mar.5.03 (pdf)
  • Interplanetary Internet passes test - Cosmic Log/msnbc.com - Nov.19.08
  • NASA Successfully Tests First Deep Space Internet - NASA - Nov.18.08
• Mars Communications & GPS
  • Electra payload on the Mars Reconaissance Orbiter
  • Mars Gets Broadband Connection: New orbiter will provide future missions with high data rates - IEEE Spectrum - Feb.06
  • Red Planet Wayfinder: A GPS System for Mars - Space.com - July.7.04
• Articles:
  • Interplanetary internet gets permanent home in space - New Scientist - July.6.09
  • UK-DMC satellite first to transfer sensor data from space using 'bundle' protocol - Surrey Satellite - Sept.11.08
  • Scientists Plan Interplanetary Internet Protocol - Internet Evolution (Mary E. Shacklett) - July.24.08
  • Vint Cerf: Next Stop, Mars: The Internet pioneer is working on interplanetary communication - Business Week - July.4.05 issue
  • International interplanetary networking from Mars - Spaceflight Now - Aug.18.04
  • How the Mars Rovers Phone Home - Wired - Mar.2.04
  • Interplanetary International Internet Launched - Space.com - Feb.12.04
    
  • The 100-Million-Mile Network - eweek.com - Feb.10.04
  • Wi-Fi Enters the Space Race - Wired - Feb.6.04
  • NASA Takes the Internet into Space - E-Commerce News - Dec.13.03
  • On the Edge: Interplanetary Internet - Space.com - May.2.03
  • Internet beams out into space - BBC - Jan.31.03
  • Web-Enabled Spacecraft: CHIPS Observatory Will FTP Files in from Space - Space.com - Dec.18.02
  • Intel taking Internet to Mars - CNET.com - Dec.3.02
  • Lunch with Vint, or why you should stop worrying and join a LUG - NewsForge - Sept.9.02
  • Launching the Web into outer space - CNET.com - June.11.01
  • Internet gurus aim for the stars - CNET.com - May.24.01
  • Interview Building the interplanetary Internet - CNN.com - Feb.27.01
  • Mars Probes Get Longer Lives, More Duties - Aviation Week - Feb.24.01
  • SSTL wins NASA contract to study Internet from space - Spaceflight Now - July.10.00
  • Internet Satellites Going Cheap - Wired - June.14.00
  • Earth orbit gets wired - BBC - May.23.00
  • Mars 'Internet' To Help Future Missions Phone Home Could Get Higher Priority - Space.com - Dec.8.99
  • Communications Crunch in Space - Wired - Dec.1.99