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Efforts are already being made in this direciton, see the [http://www.anansispaceworks.com <font color='DodgerBlue'>Anansi Spaceworks website</font>] for more information on using open source principles to develop space technology.
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==== General space advocacy organisations ====
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* [http://www.space-settlement-institute.org Space Settlement Institute]
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* [http://ssi.org Space Studies Institute]
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* [http://www.nss.org National Space Society]
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* [http://spacefrontier.org Space Frontier Foundation]
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* [http://www.marssociety.org Mars Society]
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* [http://www.bis-spaceflight.com/index.htm British Interplanetary Society]
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* [http://arc-space.wetpaint.com Alliance to Rescue Civilization], an organisation that aims to create an off-Earth backup of human civilisation that is able to repopulate the Earth in event of a global disaster or reintroduce knowledge of science and the arts.
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==== Open-source space organisations and projects ====
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* [http://www.cosmoscode.org ''CosmosCode''] - "Open Source Software Development for Space Exploration" from NASA's [http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/home/index.html ''Ames Research Center'']y
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* [http://www.copenhagensuborbitals.com/index.php Copenhagen Suborbitals] & [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copenhagen_Suborbitals], a low-budget open-source project to put a man in space (these guys really are putting their welding torches where their mouth is...)
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* [http://www.openluna.org ''Open Luna''] - attempting open-source lunar expeditions, initially robotic-based
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* [http://teamfrednet.org ''Team FREDNET''] - ''"a group of scientists, technologists, and engineers who are using their combined talents to create a timely and elegant solution to win the Google Lunar X PRIZE"''
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* [http://openvirgle.net ''OpenVirgle.net''] - sustainable living in space using free and open source technology.
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* [http://www.anansispaceworks.com ''Anansi Spaceworks''] is at the early stages of attempting to use open source principles to develop space technology
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==== Other ====
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* [http://space.mike-combs.com/SCTHF.html ''Space Colonies: The High Frontier''] by Gerard K. O'Neill. In equal parts inspiring and hard-headed
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* Some interesting quotes about why we should colonise space: http://www.sylviaengdahl.com/space/quotes.htm
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* [http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/node/1477 Going into space may be one of the best things we can do to save our world, and ourselves] (Cosmos magazine)
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* [http://www.adciv.org/Resources_in_space#Asteroid_mining Mining the Sky] by Prof. John S. Lewis about space-based resources available to us

Latest revision as of 09:14, 27 April 2014

General space advocacy organisations

Open-source space organisations and projects

  • CosmosCode - "Open Source Software Development for Space Exploration" from NASA's Ames Research Centery
  • Copenhagen Suborbitals & [1], a low-budget open-source project to put a man in space (these guys really are putting their welding torches where their mouth is...)
  • Open Luna - attempting open-source lunar expeditions, initially robotic-based
  • Team FREDNET - "a group of scientists, technologists, and engineers who are using their combined talents to create a timely and elegant solution to win the Google Lunar X PRIZE"
  • OpenVirgle.net - sustainable living in space using free and open source technology.
  • Anansi Spaceworks is at the early stages of attempting to use open source principles to develop space technology

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