Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Republic of Lagrangia

On this page we will put short links to several of our more important posts. We will arrange them thematically, at least as much as possible. Since we will continue to write more and more on this blog, we will update this page regularly.

General

A Republic in Space
A Republic in Space 2
Forget the Moon and Start with the Near Earth Asteroids
Why colonizing the Sun-Earth Lagrange points?

Moon, Mars and Seasteading

This section contains links to our post in which we criticise those movements and plans aimed at the colonization of the Moon or Mars and Seasteading.

Several Arguments against Seasteading
Is Helium 3 really the Future?
Colonization of Mars
Mars One
Elon Musk's Mars plan scrutinized
Why the current proposals for Space tourism are a dead end to space colonization

Proposals and Reform

This section contains links the post about the social and political reforms we propose for space settlements.

A Proposed Calender for Space Settlers
Space colonies and daylight saving time
Marital Reform
Prison Reform
Penal transportation
The Problem of Taxation. Part One
The Problem of Taxation. Part Two
Space colonies and monetary systems. Part 1
Space colonies and monetary systems. Part 2
Space colonies and monetary systems. Part 3
Participatory budgets
Inheritance tax and Basic Income
The 21-hour-work week
A Cooperative Economy
Artificial wombs and gender equality


Political Philosophy and Politcs


This section contains the links to posts in we discuss philosophical issue related to Space settlement.

Adam Smith on the functions of government
On the need for a secular, liberal and humanist Republic
On the Language of a Space colony
On the economy of Space Colonies
Federalism and Space colonization
Bernal Spheres, Stanford tori and the return of the polis
Dealing with piracy
Space settlements and foreign policy
Line marriage as alternative for the State?
Space colonies and the United Nations

Miscellaneous

O'Neill Cylinders and spatial planning
Public transportation in O'Neill Cylinders
Space based solar power?
Smartphones in space
3D printing and space colonization