General topics which don't fit into any one category below ... but you can feel free to start any topic here, whereby later the moderator may move it to another category below. Since this is a new board, we can put most discussions here until there are more posts. This forum was started in mid-July 2009 (on the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11).

When you see something interesting in the news, then you can tell everyone here by citing the URL, and then discuss the news items! Links to mass media news are welcome, as are citizen reporter postings. Anything new.

Search programs, characterization of NEOs and resources, geology, probes, mining, transport to and from NEOs, NEO materials processing, NEO products and markets, closely related topics

Lunar geology, minerals, volatiles, mining, materials processing, products, bases, transportation, closely related topics

Interorbital vehicles, delta-v, asteroidal material retrieval, lunar launch, transport techniques and technologies, space fuels and propellants, earth launch, closely related topics

Space environment advantages & challenges, separating minerals & elements, manufacturing feedstocks & products, automation & teleoperation, bootstrapping, closely related topics

Competitive large satellite services, transport services, maintenance/upgrades/repairs, precious metals from asteroids, life support materials, hotels, condos, resorts, solar power satellites, other exports to Earth and in-space products & services, closely related topics

Colonies in orbit vs. on a planetary surface, artificial gravity, life support, ecological issues, hotels for space tourists, condos for workers, resorts, real estate investment & development, designs, closely related topics

Private sector vs. government, asteroids vs. the Moon, legal history and issues, sociopolitical considerations, financial modelling, income streams, space advocacy organizations, closely related topics

First private sector mission concepts, potential revenue streams, what various companies and organizations are doing along these lines, closely related topics

Please tell everyone the URLs for professional literature collections, organizations, companies and other web resources which are not yet covered in the PERMANENT website and which are relevant to PERMANENT

For topics not pertaining to the development and advancement of P.E.R.M.A.N.E.N.T.

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