| Irritated by private initiatives to colonize the Moon or the planet Mars, the following pages were set up to propose a self- sustaining and far travelling space colony based on the symbiotic co-existence of humans, microorganisms, plants and animals. |
| Earth will not be spared from major impacts and extinctions in the future. | Should we be concerned? |
| Mars One | This private initiative propagates a one-way ticket to Mars. |
| Staying a member of society a million miles away | Reality Show? |
| A garden in outer space? | A long-term cycler may connect the orbits of Earth and Mars. |
| Structural and functional principles of my space colony | A modular space colony |
| Lessons from Euclid | Deconstruction of a sphere with 8 equidistant holes into 24 identical parts |
| Doors with pneumatic safety lock connect the modules with each other. | Doors |
| A quest for space ship plants | Photosynthesis will supply human travellers with oxygen. |
| Long duration space travels may be feasible. | Ready for a 4-years shift on Hohmann's? |
| The costs of propulsion | Traditional propulsion with hydrogen and oxygen in a closed system? |
| A little armada of mobile protective shields |
Shielding |
| Electricity | The building blocks of the habitat would function as solar panels. |
| What we learn from experience with water on the ISS | Water |
| Soil | Soil in a (nearly) weightless environment is the key to space colonization. |
| Pseudo-gravity during circular running | Fun |
| A new Garden of Eden? | A well equilibrated ecological community is the ultimate goal. |
| Only a return to Earth will allow the continuation of human evolution. | Just another bottleneck |
| A first likely option |
First communities of self sustaining organisms tested without humans |
| Only gravity may allow an exile in space for several generations |
Precious gravity |
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