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	Colonization of the outer solar system - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Some of the moons of the outer planets of the solar system are large enough to be suitable places for colonization.
		The idea of using asteroids as a source of minerals (asteroid mining) for space colonization is common in science fiction, since they are plentiful, rocky, and have low escape velocities.
		There are some difficulties related to colonization of Europa; one significant problem is a high level of radiation from Jupiter's radiation belt, which is approximately 10 times as strong as Earth's Van Allen radiation belts.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Colonization_of_the_outer_solar_system (930 words)

	Astrobiology: The Living Universe - Colonizing the Solar System
		As mentioned in the Mars Case Study, Mars, not the Moon, is likely to be the first place in the solar system that is colonized.
		As a result, either the colonization of asteroids is a dead-end, or some sort of artificial gravity would have to be induced (discussed in Artificial Gravity).
		This is of course understandable since the conditions on any of the gas giants or their moons are far worse than those on Mars or any asteroid (with the possible exception of Titan which is known to have large amounts of organic chemicals, but at the moment is still much too distant for human exploration).
	www.ibiblio.org /astrobiology/index.php?page=future04 (876 words)

	Quickie Questions - Other Solar System Stuff - Other (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		The plane of the solar system, called the Ecliptic which runs along the Zodiacal belt of constellations, is tilted about 60 degrees to the plane of the Milky Way.
		The cloud of gas which are solar system formed in began to rotate the planets simply formed within the same rotation as the cloud they came from.
		The reason for this is that when the solar system formed, it was formed from a collapsing disk of spinning gases, with a bulge in the center which became the Sun.
	www.windows.ucar.edu /tour/link=/kids_space/qss_other.html (3752 words)

	Endocrine System S (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Your endocrine system is a collection of glands that produce hormones that regulate your body's growth...
		In general, the endocrine system is in charge of body processes that happen slowly, such as cell...
		The endocrine system is one of the body's main systems for communicating, controlling...
	www.top-system.info /endocrine-system-s.html (510 words)

	Orbital Space Colonies
		Colonization of those bodies is in fact much less desirable than orbital colonization, even though Mars and the Moon are the only practical solid bodies suitable for colonization in the solar system, at least for the next few centuries.
		Space solar power can be generated by solar cells on large panels as with current satellites, or by concentrators that focus sunlight on a fluid, perhaps water, which is vaporized and used to turn turbines.
		Colonizing the Moon with nuclear fuel shipped from Earth will also be expensive, and we can probably rule it out as a practical approach to generating large amounts of power.
	members.aol.com /oscarcombs/excerpts.html (7761 words)

	Jupiter, the largest planet
		Jupiter is the fifth planet from the sun and the largest in the solar system.
		At its outer edge, material appears to rotate in four to six days; near the center, motions are small and nearly random in direction.
		Closer to the planet, the Voyager spacecraft discovered a faint system of rings with material that must be continuously renewed and is probably produced by the disintegration of small moonlets imbedded within the rings.
	www.astronomytoday.com /astronomy/jupiter.html (1465 words)

	ITSF Brochure: Propulsion Techniques: Solar- or Light Sails (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Sails using the solar wind or only the light from stars are less efficient at larger distance from the Sun.
		In science fiction, solar sails are encountered from the 1920s, with early models being giant, multiple-sail craft.
		The laser-powered solar sail is seemingly the only way of getting a light sail to be effective on interstellar journeys.
	www.itsf.org /brochure/solarsail.html (1371 words)

	Solar system forms differently - Alternate History Discussion Board
		For argument's sake, let the system be located in a more densely packed star cluster - not so close to the other stars where the planetary system would not form, but at a much closer distance, say within 1-2 light years from the nearest star.
		Also, due to the presense of the binary star, the outer worlds of the Solar System are much warmer, and some moons of the gas giant planets might in fact be water worlds, somewhat similar to early Earth.
		For the outer planet moons- there isn't any big enough to hold atmosphere which could support terrestrial life so the only affect having extra sunlight would have for life would be making it easier for humans in colonization of the area in the future.
	www.alternatehistory.com /Discussion/showthread.php?t=9431 (1748 words)

	National Institute for Discovery Science: The Reenchantment of the Solar System: A Proposed Search for Local ET’s
		The originating star systems for these advanced beings could be solar-type stars that fortuitously approach our Sun within a light year or so at intervals of about a million years or nearby stars that have left the main sequence, prompting interstellar migration.
		The solar system was enchanted by the presence of those gods and goddesses of the ancient pantheon — called Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn by citizens of the Roman world.
		Stars in the solar vicinity are next examined to attempt to determine the frequency of post-main-sequence stars from which interstellar migration may be occurring.
	www.nidsci.org /essaycomp/gmatloff.html (8284 words)

	Solar System SETI Using Radio Telescope Arrays
		Solar system observing strategies involve a search for energy (e.g., artificial microwaves) or physical manifestations (e.g., exploratory robotic probes) that may be present.
		During a single beam observation, a solar system body is tracked as it traverses the sky and any detected emissions are examined for doppler correlations.
		Solar System SETI targets are vastly closer than even the nearest star system Alpha Centauri, which is 4.4 light years away.
	contactincontext.org /cic/v1i2/s3eti-ata/s3eti-ata.htm (7423 words)

	Campaign Settings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Solar system devastated as comets and asteroids are blown free from Kali planet.
		Organics are found in extremely plentiful supply to assist in colonization of the outer solar system.
		Some AI systems are overloaded by emotions from a body with an endocrine system and literally go catatonic.
	members.fortunecity.com /centurion2001/TA/timeline.htm (9006 words)

	Themed Reviews, SPACE: Planets in Our Solar System (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		It is the largest planet in the Solar System and has long held a fascination for astronomers and people in general.
		While there are three other planets in our solar system that have rings, none of them are as visually compelling as Saturn is. The story of this striking planet, its many moons and man's efforts to learn its secrets, makes up this excellent book of science.
		Titan, the largest moon in our solar system, has drawn the attention of NASA to such an extent that, in 1997, the most complex space probe yet designed was launched to investigate its surface.
	www.childrenslit.com /th_sp1202.html (12291 words)

	Solar Soils - SolarSoils: Exploring the Worlds of our Solar System (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Taylor Dinerman (writing at The Space Review) makes the argument that (at least in the title of his piece) that completing the ISS is essential for the Vision for Space Exploration.
		I certainly agree that an orbital outpost would be important to the long-term exploration and settlement of the Solar System.
		This mean that the heads of agency decision to launch ESA's Columbus and Japan's Kibo modules before the main power and temperature control system is fully installed was not made on the basis of logic.
	www.solarsoils.com (909 words)

	General Structure of the Solar System
		For biologists, Europa is by far the most promising body in the solar system.
		Known mostly for its vast system of rings, it also holds the title for the most moons, 22 (although this number is changing with Cassini's closer observations).
		A probe was, in fact, scheduled for this decade, but the bloated cost of ISS, among other programs, sealed the doom for such a mission, and it was cut from NASA funding.
	www.spacecolonization.com /BasicStructureOuter.htm (889 words)

	Planet Colonization (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		He is considering giving NASA permission to begin plans to colonize another planet in our solar system, but has not yet decided which planet should be chosen.
		The Solar System Exploration Home Page is part of NASA's Office of Space Science and describes NASA's program to explore the solar system.
		Views of the Solar System offers enhanced exploration and educational enjoyment of the solar system and beyond.
	www.biopoint.com /freeport/june01/planet_colonization.html (827 words)

	Discovering the Solar System
		It is designed to add on to a regular unit on the solar system and be a fun type of activity for the students to get them to think about various aspects of the planets.
		The solar system is a very efficient way to incorporate all areas of study all while keeping the students interested and involved.
		Description: Students will be able to identify the major bodies of this solar system, as well as apply knowledge gained through previous experiences to the task of understanding the need for colonization of another planet.
	classroom.jc-schools.net /resource/solar.html (3652 words)

	History of the Solar System
		However, the amount of solar radiation that near the Sun was simply TOO HIGH, and the cancer rate soared.
		The scientists were also very interested in studying all of the asteroids, but especially the stony ones to try to find out clues to how the solar system formed "4.6 billion years ago." Entrepreneurs soon started their own mining companies to gobble up the free iron and nickel that was just floating out there.
		In a time where private space travel is very common this ship is used to transport passengers to distant parts of the solar system, especially Mars and the Asteroid Belt.
	www.geocities.com /williamiv.geo/Stories/History.htm (6715 words)

	- Chapter 13
		Colonized worlds are like isolated islands in an unimaginably vast ocean, and the ships that ply between them at thirty light-speeds seem merely to creep.
		The outer planet was already frozen, but there would be glaciation on the inner world in two hundred days.
		After all, if the solar constant dropped a very little, it might mean a terrific drop in the ultraviolet part of the spectrum—and that's what makes ions of oxygen and nitrogen and hydrogen and such.
	www.baen.com /library/0743471628/0743471628__13.htm (11621 words)

	Inhabiting the Solar System - SEDS Forums
		I am interested in the point where humans have just started to truly inhabit the solar system.
		As to your questions about future solar system colonization, I'd say it is basically all up to speculation right now.
		Massive solar system colonization will not happen for many years to come (as you mentioned something like 200 or so).
	forums.seds.org /showthread.php?t=288 (488 words)

	The Shape of Darkness
		While the WSRC remains the real power in the solar system, a popular movement against it begins to take shape among those who missed out on the economic boom over the past three decades.
		Basically, Ahura Mazda 1 is a self-anchoring solar sail 3500 km across which provides power to six high-powered X-ray lasers, focused onto a 3 kiloamp particle stream passing through a one angstrom target.
		The Uranian moons do not prove to be especially valuable to the colonization of the outer solar system except as waypoints and for scientific research.
	www.elfie.org /darkness/timeline.html (4587 words)

	Amazon.ca: Islands in the Sky: Bold New Ideas for Colonizing Space: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Contains an astonishing range of new proposals for space travel and colonization including plans for the exploration of Mars, ideas for interstellar travel at the speed of light and the process of terraforming other planets to accommodate human life.
		The snag is, that he reaches so far in the future, that it is impossible to imagine it as anything else than science fiction.
		I would have prefered to have some ideas developed about the colonization of the outer solar system.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0471135615 (931 words)

	WEBSITES ON THE SOLAR SYSTEM AND SPACE
		The Solar System consists of planets and their moons, stars (the sun), and other objects such as asteroids, meteors, and comets.
		Actually a tour of the solar system, you aim your viewfinder toward a planet to explore it, both the surface and the interior.
		Students work in small groups to investigate statistics regarding the nine planets in the solar system and participate in a 'scientific conference' to examine the elements that allow or prevent life from flourishing on other planets.
	www.cumbavac.org /Solar_System_and_Space.htm (11127 words)

	Lecture 18: The Solar System and Comparative Planetology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		To give you a sense of the scale and layout of the solar system I will ask members of the class to stand in the relative positions of the Sun and planets.
		The eccentricity for Earth is small and Mars relatively large in Solar System.
		It is the fifth outer planet, but neither terrestrial or jovian.
	www.astro.queensu.ca /~waugh/fallterm/qlecture18.html (1296 words)

	Space Theme - Lesson Plans, Thematic Units, Printables, Worksheets, and More from A to Z Teacher Stuff
		The sun and the moon will be connected with the nine planets showing the relationship they have within the solar system.
		Continuing through the solar system, the students engage in the illuminating patterns and findings that make up the quilted universe.
		Part of a unit on the Solar System uses role playing to demonstrate the universe and its connection to the sun.
	atozteacherstuff.com /Themes/Space (789 words)

	Jovian Chronicles. Adventures in the Solar System of 2210!
		Luckily, the resistant outer layers of composite laminated armor covering the heavy torso of your exo-armor have flash-vaporized under the megajoule pulse of the enemy laser beam, sparing you a cold death in the vacuum of space.
		The Jovian Chronicles recount the stories of one possible future, a time in which Mankind has expanded and settled the solar system, going as far as terraforming Venus and Mars.
		Although the books are not intended to be big engineering manuals, they remain chock-full of the amazing yet plausible technical details that are so much a part of realistic science fiction settings.
	www.dp9.com /Worlds/jc.htm (425 words)

	Space Settlement
		Solar energy, lunar and asteroidal materials, and lots of hard work.
		Biosphere 2 was able to support 8 people for two years in a (almost) materially closed system, although many problems were encountered.
		Freeluna.com dedicated to the proposition that the colonization of outer space is critical for the long term survival of the human species, and that colonization of the moon and the exploitation of the moon's natural resources is one of the very best first steps in that incredible journey off planet.
	www.belmont.k12.ca.us /ralston/programs/itech/SpaceSettlement (738 words)

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