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 * Mission to Space**
 * How tos for this project || **[|Time, Speed and Distance Calculator]**

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 * Spacecraft and Propulsion Systems**
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antimatter, light sail, fusion and more! [|NASA - Solar Sails Could Send Spacecraft "Sailing" Through Space] NASA's Solar Sail project [|BBC - Science & Nature - Space - Future Spaceflight] Summaries and pictures of several proposed intersteller spaceships [|Ion Propulsion - from NASA] [|Voyage to the Planets and Beyond] Part 1 (we have the book that is based on this program)! [|Voyage to the planets and Beyond Part 2] Spacecraft speeds || [|The Nine Planets Solar System Tour]A great site for factual information and data for the nine planets and their moons. Be sure to read the “Open Issues” section at the bottom of each planet’s page for further ideas for future exploration and experimentation. Lots of internal links. [|BBC - Science & Nature - Space - Solar System] A site that lets you "tour" the Solar System [|The Nine Planets For Kids] Based on the website above, but easier reading. [|StarChild: The Planets] StarChild is a NASA project aimed at educating young people about astronomy. [|Views of the Solar System] An award winning site, Views of the Solar System presents a vivid multimedia adventure unfolding the splendor of the Sun, planets, moons, comets, asteroids, and more. || [|Life in Space] [|Space Station - a rare inside view of the next frontier in space exploration] [|Leafy Green Astronauts] Growing plants in space [|Breathing Easy on the Space Station] How breathable air is created in space [|Water on the Space Station] How water is used and recycled in space [|Artificial Gravity] An astrophysicist explains how artificial gravity could be simulated [|Artificial Gravity] from Ask the Van [|Space Travel Guide] A ThinkQuest devoted to space travel [|Inflatable Spacecraft Habitat] A cool idea for living in space || [|Howstuffworks "How Space Tourism Works"] Vacations in Space? [|MarsHome] An image gallery that contains hypothetical ideas of future Mars settlements [|Howstuffworks "How Terraforming Mars Will Work"] How mars might be made into a human friendly planet || immense archive of solar system photography [|Brochure about Propulsion with Images] [|Welcome to Cosmographica, Don Dixon's Space Art Gallery] an artist's representations of space, future space travel and space colonization. Some concepts are out of date, so be sure to check the date of the work. [|HubbleSite - Hubble Showcase] Click on a planet and get all the Hubble Space Telescope's photos [|Views of the Solar System] Click on "Photo Library" for an excellent image gallery [|NSS Space Settlement Calendar Art Contest] Great images of what space colonies might look like [|MarsHome] An image gallery that contains hypothetical ideas of future Mars settlements ||
 * Living and Working in Space**
 * || Cruise the links to find out about different types of space vehicle propulsion:
 * || [|Windows to the Universe] an internet site that includes a rich array of documents, including images, movies, animations, and data sets, that explore the Earth and Space sciences.
 * || [|HSF > Living In Space] Learn more about how astronauts eat, sleep, work and play in space.
 * || [|The Future] : A website with some __very__ hypothetical ideas for future colonization, manufacturing and settlement of other planets. Great images and some creative ideas here!
 * || [|Planetary Photojournal: NASA's Image Access Home Page] NASA's


 * Conventional Rocket || 18,000 mi/h (top speed of the space shuttle) ||
 * Fusion || 180,000 mi/h (10 times speed of conventional rocket) ||
 * Ion engine || 77,000 mi/ph ||
 * Electromagnetic Propulsion || 1% speed of light = 6,696,000 mi/h ||
 * Light Propelled (Microwave&Laser) || 50 times speed of sound = 38,500 mi/h ||
 * Antimatter || 216,000 mi/h ||
 * Solar Sail || 10-25% speed of light66,960,000 – 167,400,000 mi/h ||