First Steps (Founding of the Federation) (57 page)

Space
in general:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOPAZ_nuclear_reactor

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable_specific_impulse_magnetoplasma_rocket

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigelow_Aerospace

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energia

http://www.projectrho.com/rocket/enginelist.php

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_X-38

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-stage-to-orbit

Making
things:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Situ_Resource_Utilization

http://www.reprap.org/wiki/WebHome

http://www.thingiverse.com/

Misc:

http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=A00394

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/43650/title/Sun_entering_weakest_cycle_since_1928

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilapia

http://www.aquaculture.co.il/Technology/Tilapia_Shrimp.html

Recommended
reading:

The
Mars series by Kim Stanley Robinson (Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars)

Jack
Williamson's Beachhead

John
Varley's Thunder series (Red Thunder, Red Lightening)

Dr
Zubrin's books:

First
Landing

The
Case for Mars

Entering
Space

On
Mars 1

On
Mars 2

How
to live on Mars

Mining
the Sky by John S. Lewis

Welcome
to Moonbase by Ben Bova

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rights are reserved by their respective authors. Thank you for the
inspiration