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Please, take a look at the Spanish Chapter, for a little more complete version of this theme. Thanks.

Space Settlements: Beginings

Space Settlements in ancient India, 1.600 years b.c

Space Settlements in the 19th century

Space Settlements in the 21st century

Space Settlements... Why?

Space Settlements... how?

Space Settlements... Where?

Space Settlements... When?

Space Settlements on the moon

Space Settlements on mars

Space Settlements inside Spheres, Cylinders and Wheels

Paolo Soleri's Space Settlements

Space Settlements, Architecture

Space Settlements, Construction

Space Settlements, Government

Space Settlement on the Arizona desert

1. EQUINOXE 5
   Duration : 4 minutes 20 seconds
   Instrumental
   
   
   
2. MARE TRANQUILLITATIS
   Duration : 1 minute 45 seconds

   [Astronaut conversation during Apollo Moon landing]
   -"Base (??) or: Nick?"
   -"How are you doing?"
   -"ha ha ha" [laugh]
   -"very strange"
   - "o.k."
   - "hello mom"
   ...around looks just great.....
   -"Roger (?)"
   -"Hey John, how you doing"
   - "It looks like ..."
   -"It's what I see around all that ... here"
   -"You know ...."
   
   
   

3. ALBEDO 0.39
   Duration : 4 minutes 30 seconds

   Maximum distance from the sun: 94 million 537 thousand miles
   Minimum distance from the sun: 91 million 377 thousand miles
   Mean distance from the sun: 92 million 957 thousand and 200 miles
   Mean Orbital velocity: 66000 miles per hour
   0rbital eccentricity: 0.017
   Obliquity of the ecliptic: 23 degrees 27 minutes 8.26 seconds
   Length of the tropical year: equinox equinox 365.24 days
   Lenght of the sidereal year: fixed star fixed star 365.26 days
   Length of the mean solar day: 24 hours and 3 minutes and 56.5555 seconds at mean solar time
   Length of the mean sidereal day: 23 hours and 56 minutes and 4.091 seconds at mean sederial time
   Mass: 6600 milion milion milion tons
   Equatorial diameter: 7927 miles
   Polar diameter: 7900 miles
   Oblateness: 1298
   Density: 5.41
   Mean surface gravitational acceleration of the rotating earth: 32.174 feet per second per second
   Escape velocity: 7 miles per second
   Albedo: 0.39
   Albedo: 0.39
   Albedo: 0.39
   Albedo: 0.39
   Albedo: 0.39
   Albedo: 0.39
   Albedo: 0.39
   
   
   

4. ALPHA
   Duration : 5 minutes 45 seconds
   Instrumental
   
   
   
5. TUBULAR BELLS
   Duration : 4 minutes 21 seconds
   Instrumental
   
   
   
6. EQUINOXE 4
   Duration : 4 minutes 20 seconds
   Instrumental

René Ariza
Teacher and Architect