The Artemis Project - A private international venture to establish a privately owned and operated exploration base on the moon.Crop Physiology Lab - CELSS: Controlled Ecological Life Support System
Space and Human Survival - Essay by science fiction author Sylvia Engdahl about the importance of expanding beyond Earth.
PERMANENT - Examination of the economics feasibility and construction of manned bases in deep space.
Cygo's Space Initiative - A realistic, and economically viable, space colonization initiative.
Alpha Space Foundation - The Alpha Space Foundation is making preparations to confront this extinction level event.
MoonBeam Enterprises and Lunar Travel Agency - A fun and unique gift/conversation piece. Own Yours Today. Give something interesting and different
Space Colonization and SETI - Interview with Gerard K. O'Neill by John Kraus of COSMIC SEARCH.
Space Colonization Basics - A beginner's guide to space colonization.
Space Settlement - NASA educational site for space settlements.
Purdue NSCORT - Purdue's NSCORT on Controlled Ecological Life Support Systems (CELSS)
The Space Frontier Foundation - Organization dedicated to opening the Space Frontier to human settlement as rapidly as possible.
Space Settlement - Discusses the space settlement proposals of Gerard K. O'Neill, as popularized in his book "The High Frontier". Features pictures and a FAQ.
Space Colonization: A Home for the Dreamers Among Us - A space enthusiast's site; its goals are to increase public support for space colonization and to come up with plans that can be utilized by government and private agencies.
Space Studies Institute - The organization founded by Gerard O'Neill, with detailed information about his space settlement proposals.
International Space Settlement Design Competition - An annual event in which teams of high school students prepare designs for cities in space.
Island One Society - A group whose goal is to be a resource for those who will build free societies beyond Earth.
The Preparation: Space Colonization - Detailed discussion by Rex Stephens about his book on the need for space colonization, asteroid mining, and transhumans.
Frontier Theory - Articles on why humanity needs a frontier, some of them focused specifically on space colonization.
Rove the Moon - Beat Alan Shepards Apollo 14 golf record. Or operate your own moon buggy via the Internet or full experience simulator. Teleoperate a real lunar rover on the moon
Artificial Gravity - List of publications by Ted Hall, with links to dissertation, conference papers, and software.
Space Colonization: Closer than it seems - 05/05/97 - The colonization of space, the moon, Mars, and beyond, from your About.com Guide
Moonbase Explorer - Proposed lunar base. Includes information on the process of constructing the base, priorities, a timeline for assembly, an image gallery, and links to related resources.
Jerry Bull and the Space Rodent Rangers - Educational material about building a moonbase.
Top Ten Reasons to Inhabit Outer Space - Report from the news service space.com about experts' opinions on why we should colonize space.
The Greater Earth Manifesto - A strong statement on the human space imperative by a group of European organizations.
The Case for Space Colonization Now - Detailed argument for space colonization by Oscar Falconi.
The Feasibility of Space Colonization - A thesis project by a University of Virginia student.
Our Future in the Cosmos - Essay by Isaac Asimov about the need for the future settlement of space.
The Big Picture - Essay by astronaut John Young about the need to preserve our species by putting humans permanently on the moon and Mars.
Space Colonies - Full text of the 1977 CoEvolution book _Space Colonies_, which is now out of print.
Space Colonization - Discusses the rationale of space colonization, with the premise that a natural progression of technology and scientific understanding must necessarily precede it.
URANOS: Club for Expansion of Civilization into Space - A group of people, mainly Poles or of Polish origin, who believe that expansion into space is a prerequisite for further development of our civilization. An English version of the site is maintained.
Living on Green Islands in Space - Information about O'Neill-type orbiting habitats and why we may want to built them.
Centripetal Vivarium Toroidal Space Station - A suggested design for a huge manufactured living space that can be spun on its axis to create a gravitational effect.
Galleria 2433 - Ideas for colonizing the moon, Mars, the asteroid belt and the galaxy.
Living in Space - Short articles on the rewards and dangers of space colonization by David DeGraff, who teaches astronomy at Alfred University.
Space Settlement Initiative - 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 Environments Ecovillage - SEE-1 is the first experimental space colony founded by the Living Universe Foundation (the LUF).
Why Humans Must Colonize Space and What You Can Do About It - Discussion by Brad Torgersen of the reasons for colonizing space, with suggestions for ways citizens can promote the concept.
Colonies in space may be only hope, says Hawking - Interview with Britain's Daily Telegraph in which eminent cosmologist Stephen Hawking warns that the human race is likely to be wiped out before the millennium is out unless we set up colonies in space.
The Top 3 Reasons to Colonize Space - SPACE.com asks Freeman Dyson and two other space-colonization enthusiasts why we should go beyond our home planet.
Bioterrorism May Spur Space Colonies - Plans to save civilization by sending people and important documents into space in a 21st Century Noah's Ark might get a boost from fears of bioterrorism.