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Competition Library and Bibliography
The Space Settlement Design Competition library includes more than 200 books, over half of which are brought by the co-founders to each International Finalist Competition.
Books in the library provide information on a wide variety of topics important to the design of human communities in space, including environments and resources in space, design of spacecraft and structures in space, hazards to humans, infrastructure requirements and aesthetic factors in design of communities for humans, and use of computers and robots.
Some of our favorites in the library are listed below; these are the books we consult most often when preparing Competition materials and answering participant questions. The Competition organizers know that your team can create a winning Qualifying Competition proposal without access to these books (indeed, some are out of print and are difficult to find). This list is provided to give you an indication of the written materials that are available, the types of information that can be useful to you in assembling your design, and topics that the judges feel are important.
- Space Settlements - A Design Study. NASA SP-413, 1977 U.S. Government Printing Office
- Space Resources and Space Settlements. NASA SP-428, 1979 U. S. Government Printing Office
- Space Mission Analysis and Design. Larson / Wertz, 1992 Microcosm, Inc.
- Introduction to Space - The Science of Spaceflight. Thomas D. Damon, 1989 Orbit Book Company / 1995 Krieger Publishing Company
- Keys to Space - An Interdisciplinary Approach to Space Studies. Houston / Rycroft, 1999 McGraw-Hill
- How Spacecraft Fly. Graham Swinerd, 2008 Praxis Publishing Ltd.
- The Space Environment - Implications for Spacecraft Design. Alan C. Tribble, 2003 Princeton University Press
- Entering Space - Creating a Spacefaring Civilization. Robert Zubrin, 1999 Tarcher / Putnam
- Colonies in Space. T. A. Heppenheimer, 1977 Stackpole Books
- The High Frontier (3rd Edition). Gerard K. O'Neill, 2000 Apogee Books
- Space Enterprise. Philip Robert Harris, 2009 Springer - Praxis
- Encyclopedia of the Solar System. Weissman / McFadden / Johnson, 1999 Academic Press
- Astronomy Today (Third Edition). Chaisson / McMillan, 1999 Prentice Hall
- The Lunar Base Handbook. Peter Eckart, 1999 McGraw-Hill
- Lunar Outpost--The Challenges of Establishing a Human Settlement on the Moon. Erik Seedhouse, 2009 Springer-Praxis
- The Moon - Resources, Future Development, and Colonization, 2nd Edition. Schrunk / Sharpe / Cooper / Thangavelu, 2008 Springer - Praxis
- Lunar Sourcebook - a user's guide to the moon. Heiken / Vaniman / French, 1991 Cambridge University Press
- The Case for Mars. Robert Zubrin, 1996 The Free Press (Simon & Schuster, Inc.)
- Strategies for Mars: A Guide to Human Exploration. Stoker / Emmart (Editors), 1996 American Astronautical Society
- On to Mars - Colonizing a New World. Zubrin / Crossman, 2002 Apogee Books
- Asteroids - Their Nature and Utilization (Second Edition). Charles T. Kowal, 1998 Wiley / Praxis
- Mining the Sky - Untold Riches from the Asteroids, Comets, and Planets. John S. Lewis, 1996 Addison-Wesley Publishing Company
- Understanding Space - An Introduction to Astronautics. Jerry Jon Sellers, 2000 McGraw-Hill
- Elements of Space Technology. Rudolf X. Meyer, 1999 Academic Press
- Systems Engineering Principles and Practice. Kossiakoff / Sweet, 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
- Spacecraft Systems Engineering. Peter Fortescue / John Stark, 1995 John Wiley and Sons
- Elements of Spacecraft Design. Charles D. Brown, 2002 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Space Vehicle Design, Second Edition. Griffith/French, 2004 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Structures Technology for Future Aerospace Systems. Ahmed K. Noor (Editor), 2000 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Space Physiology and Medicine. NASA SP-447, 1982 U.S. Government Printing Office
- Space Psychology and Psychiatry, 2nd Edition. Kanas / Manzey, 2008 Microcosm - Springer
- Living and Working in Space (Second Edition). Philip R. Harris, 1996 Wiley / Praxis
- Spaceflight Life Support and Biospherics. Peter Eckart, 1996 Microcosm Press / Kluwer Academic Publishers
- Solar Power Satellites. Glaser/Davidson/Csigi, 1998 Wiley-Praxis
- Visual Thinking for Architects and Designers. Kasprisin / Pettinari, 1995 Van Nostrand Reinhold
- Engineering a New Architecture. Tony Robbin, 1996 Yale University Press
- How Buildings Work - The Natural Order of Architecture. Edward Allen, 1995 Oxford University Press
- The Next American Metropolis - Ecology, Community, and the American Dream. Peter Calthorpe, 1993 Princeton Architectural Press
- Structures - The Way Things Are Built. Nigel Hawkes, 1990 / 1993 Macmillan Publishing Company
- Materials and Design - The Art and Science of Material Selection in Product Design. Ashley/Johnson, 2002 Butterworth - Heinemann
- Airport Engineering. Norman Ashford / Paul H. Wright, 1992 John Wiley and Sons
- Infrastructure. Brian Hayes, 2005 W.W. Norton & Company
- Transportation Engineering (PE Exam Depth Guide). James T. Ball, 2001 McGraw-Hill
- Introduction to Communications Technologies: A Guide for Non-Engineers. Jones / Kovac, 2003 CRC Press
- Communications Systems & Networks. Ray Horak, 1997 M & T Books
- Telecommunications Essentials. Lillian Goleniewski, 2002 Addison-Wesley
- Satellite Communications Systems (Second Edition). M. Richharia, 1999 McGraw - Hill
- Water Treatment and Waste Recovery - Advanced Technology and Applications. Nicholas P. Cheremisinoff / Paul N. Cheremisinoff, 1993 P T R Prentice Hall
- Handbook of Water Use and Conservation. Amy Vickers, 2001 Water Plow Press
- Composting and Recycling Municpal Solid Waste. Diaz / Savage / Eggerth / Golueke, 1993 Lewis Publishers
- Lunar Base Agriculture: Soils for Plant Growth. D. W. Ming / D. L. Henninger, 1989 American Society of Agronomy
- Horticulture - Principles and Practices. George Acquaah, 1999 Prentice Hall
- Agroecology - The Science of Sustainable Agriculture (Second Edition). Miguel A. Altieri, 1995 Westview Press
- Organic Farming--Everything You Need to Know. Peter V. Fossel, 2007 Voyageur Press
- Livestock Feeds & Feeding (Third Edition). D. C. Church, 1991 Prentice Hall
- The Origins and Technology of the Advanced Extravehicular Space Suit. Gary L. Harris, 2001 American Astronautical Society
- Nutrition for Dummies. Carol Ann Rinzler, 1999 Hungry Minds, Inc.
- Architectural Representation Handbook. Paul Laseau, 2000 McGraw-Hill
- The Timeless Way of Building. Christopher Alexander, 1979 Oxford University Press
- A Pattern Language. Alexander/Ishikawa/Silverstein, 1977 Oxford University Press
- Designing Places for People. C. M. Deasy / Thomas E. Lasswell, 1985 Whitney Library of Design
- The Not So Big House. Sarah Susanka, 1998 The Taunton Press
- Inside the Not So Big House. Sarah Susanka / Marc Vassallo, 2005 The Taunton Press
- Smart Homes for Dummies. Brieve / Hunley, 1999 IDG Books Worldwide
- How Computers Work. Ron White, 1997 Ziff-Davis Press
- Computers in the Human Context. Tom Forester, 1989 MIT Press
- Humans and Automation: System Design and Research Issues. Thomas B. Sheridan, 2002 John Wiley & Sons
- The Essential Guide to Telecommunications, Third Edition. Annabel Z. Dodd, 2002 Prentice Hall
- Network Analysis, Architecture, and Design. James D. McCabe, 2003 Morgan Kauffmann Publishers
- Anatomy of a Robot. Charles M. Bergen, 2003 McGraw-Hill
- Industrial Robotics: Selection, Design, and Maintenance. Harry Colestock, 2005 McGraw-Hill
- Robots in Space. Launius / McCurdy, 2008 The Johns Hopkins University Press Press
- Nanotechnology - A Gentle Introduction to the Next Big Idea. Ratner / Ratner, 2003 Prentiss Hall
- Nanotechnology Demystified. Williams / Adams, 2007 McGraw-Hill
- Nanofuture: What's Next for Nanotechnology. J. Storrs Hall, PhD, 2005 Prometheus Books
- Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers. (various editors and editions), McGraw-Hill
- Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook. Perry/Green/Maloney, 1984 McGraw-Hill
- Materials Handbook (Eleventh Edition). Brady / Clauser, 1977 McGraw-Hill
- Project Management. Harold Kerzner, 2003 John Wiley & Sons
- System Engineering Management. Benjamin S. Blanchard, 2004 John Wiley & Sons
- Field Engineer's Manual, 3rd Edition. Robert O. Parmley, 2002 McGraw-Hill
- AIAA Aerospace Design Engineers Guide, Fifth Edition. ADEG Subcommittee, 2003 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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