On this page I will link articles and sites I think are important or promising in highlighting how practical and feasible it would be to further our exploration and eventual colonization of space.
Mon Aug 14 00:31:33 EDT 2006
- Rocketplane is sort of a dark horse in the race to establish a non-government Space Tourism business. They've got a good mix of practical craft design, together with a bold business plan and schedule, and they just might surprise the heck out of some better known efforts like Virgin Galactic and SpaceX. They've been highlighted in this Popular Science article.
Wed Jul 12 10:13:21 EDT 2006
- This CNN article brings to light just how much freak'n money there is, just floating in space for the taking, within fairly easy reach of the earth.
Sun Jul 9 14:21:52 EDT 2006
- This is a cool discover.com article covering Brad Edwards' NASA-sponsored research into Space Elevator technology. His completed work under a $500,000 NASA research grant reveals the technological and economic feasibility of space elevators. He further asserts: "Soon some country or corporation is going to build a ribbon up to the sky. Then the question of who owns the moon or Mars will be answered."
Thu Sep 29 09:29:28 EDT 2005
- This popular science article talks about technology start-up T/Space that's developing spaceflight technology for NASA, as well as doing work on commercial space ventures.
Wed Aug 3 17:01:51 EDT 2005
- In this Popular Science article, they examine the risks to man and equipment a mission to Mars would encounter.
Wed Aug 3 16:54:57 EDT 2005
- In July of 1984 at the Case for Mars II workshop, this Mars Mission Scenario was worked out to demonstrate that such a voyage was within our grasp, even with the technology of the day.
Tue Aug 2 22:59:09 EDT 2005
- This is an article about the Triton, a Pratt & Whitney design for a nuclear rocket engine that could very well open the entire solar system up to us.
Wed Jul 12 10:13:21 EDT 2006
The LiftPort Group is collection of companies working to build a Space Elevator, by first realizing the terrestrial economic & manufacturing potential of Carbon Nanotubes.
Thu Sep 29 09:36:12 EDT 2005
- "SpaceNow exists to promote the near-term human exploration and settlement of space, as well as the key technologies that will allow us to survive and thrive as a species both in space and on Earth during the next century." I concur!
Wed Sep 28 23:34:37 EDT 2005
- This is a NASA page devoted to their recently announced plan to return to the moon, which will utilize much of ATK Thiokol's plan. (See below.) Just want the quick and dirty? Here's a direct link to an animation of the mission.
Tue Sep 20 00:10:32 EDT 2005
- This is a BBC slide-show overview of NASA's plan to return to the moon.
Wed Sep 7 16:01:55 EDT 2005
- This is the website of 4Frontiers Corporation, whose stated goal is to colonize and begin mining Mars by 2025. Hey, "fortune favors the bold."
Tue Aug 2 22:59:09 EDT 2005
- This is ATK Thiokol's site about their proposed plan to use proven technology from the Space Shuttle program to build rocket boosters for transporting the people and materials that we need into space in order to build & occupy orbital structures and assemble larger craft for voyages to Mars and beyond. This is as practical, cheap, and safe as it gets folks. Just want the quick and dirty? Watch their video.
Wed Aug 3 15:20:08 EDT 2005
- Scaled Composites is the company founded by eminent aerospace designer Burt Rutan, who's long list of accomplishments recently includes SpaceShipOne, the first non-government funded spacecraft to transport a human outside Earth's bonds and winner of the Ansari X-Prize.
Wed Aug 3 15:52:59 EDT 2005
- NuclearSpace.com is a site dedicated to the promotion of nuclear-powered spaceflight.
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