Category Archives: Space Settlement

In Space Infrastructure, Living in Space, Space Settlement

In-space colonies

Space.com today has an article and the infographic shown below about the in-space colony concepts developed by Princeton Prof. Gerard K. O’Neill and his collaborators during the 1970s and 80s. (They got some NASA grants but it’s a huge exaggeration to say NASA had a “plan to put thousands of people in Space Colonies”.)

See the Space Studies Institute for more details and the HobbySpace Art section for links to more space colony artwork.

Source SPACE.com: All about our solar system, outer space and exploration.

Activism, Living in Space, Space Settlement

“One Way Astronaut” – documentary film about Mars One

The  documentary One Way Astronaut is about the Mars One project’s goal to send private teams on one way trips to the Red Planet to create a permanent settlement. You can download ($4.95) or watch ($2.95) the full movie at onewayastronaut.com. Below is a trailer for the film.

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One Way Astronaut is about the people who are following this project closely: aspiring astronauts. Stephan, Sara, Henri and Beatriz are 4 people who, like tens of thousands of applicants from all over the world, say they are willing to spend the rest of their lives on Mars. It is the story of Mars One and its founder Bas Lansdorp in the early stages. Space experts answer questions about the likelihood of Mars One succeeding and discuss the kind of risks the astronauts will be taking. The degree of worldwide personal interest this mission has already attracted tells us something about our society today.

One Way Astronaut is an independent production by Tetteroo Media.

http://youtu.be/jraVEhfFjvY

Space Policy, Space Settlement, Space Systems

There is another way – to space

This new video from the Space Frontier Foundation explains in a clear and straight-forward manner the affordable, incremental, commercial approach to space development that is the alternative to the unaffordable approach that NASA is currently going with its hyper-expensive super heavy lifter:

Activism, Space Settlement

Robert Smith and the Space Studies Institute

Moonandback interviews Robert Smith about his connection to the Space Studies Institute:

Robert Smith tells a story of wishing to donate his collection of space-related material to a place where researchers could access it, his search for such a place, and his eventual discovery of a stunning archival resource for scientists and engineers in an institute born of Gerard O’Neill’s vision.

– Robert Smith –  The Moonandback Interview Documentary Project.

 

Living in Space, Space Settlement

Space as the next frontier? – GOOD Magazine

GOOD Magazine,  a quarterly print publication “for people who want to live well while doing good”, has an article about space in the latest issue:

Space As The Next Frontier?

As mankind continues to ravage the planet, we find ourselves increasingly casting our gaze upwards in search of a solution, and, if need be, an escape. Could space be the answer we’re looking for? Take a look at some of this summer’s blockbusters—Elysium, After Earth, Oblivion. Outer space and what that vast expanse may or may not contain, has become a recurring theme not only in pop culture, but among artists, social innovators, entrepreneurs, and futurists as well. Journalist Maxwell Williams explores our fascination with space and contemplates it as the next frontier, with artists Tom Sachs, Michael Salvatore Tierney, and Trevor Paglen, tech activist Kosta Grammatis, Virgin Galactic’s Loretta Hidalgo, space commerce figure Peter Diamandis, host of National Geographic’s pop-science smash Brain GamesJason Silva, Buckminster Fuller Institute president David McConville, and more joining the conversation.

The issue is available on newsstands and via subscription.