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Space colonization is not that far away. Current thinking is that by the year 2020 NASA will be back on the moon, by 2025 NASA will have a permanent base on the moon, and by 2030 NASA will have a base on Mars. NASA will not be alone. Russia, China, India, The European Union and Japan all have plans for a human presence in space too. Presently there is a permanent space population in the orbiting International Space Station. Thus far over 400 people have traveled to space and 12 have walked on the moon. If this pace of space travel continues, and the number would double each decade, by 2040, there will be 6,000 space colonists living and working in space. Space colonists will not only be the "best and the brightest" as NASA labels its research/explorer oriented astronauts but also the well trained "ordinary folk" such as welders, riggers, medical techs, nurses, mechanics, electricians, cooks, laborers, accountants, teachers, administrators, etc. These ordinary colonists will need specialized training unique to a space faring lifestyle, which only SCTC is preparing to deliver

Our vision for the SCTC training scenario is that the first major populated base most likely would be an orbiting space station from which space colonists would depart to the other research outposts. This station would be constructed of an assemblage of discarded space shuttle fuel tanks and "spun-up" to create an artificial gravity of 1g. (Click here to learn more)
Graphic by Matt Krieger of Neumann-Monson Architects Iowa City, Iowa 2007 ©

It is the intent of our design team to design, construct, and place in operation a simulated space station and remote research base for the training of future space colonists.  This facility (Phase Two) will serve as our future permanent campus. (See Below)

Development of the SCTC concept will be conducted in three stages.  The first stage will be the initiation of a Pilot Program as a proof of concept demonstration, and to train six instructors that will serve as the core group to train thirty Phase One facility instructors.  The second stage is the construction of Phase One of the permanent campus where thirty full-time, program instructors will be trained.  These thirty instructors will be needed to train the students entering the completed Phase Two campus, the third and final stage of our project.  If you are interested in being trained as an instructor in either the Pilot Program or in Phase One, or in becoming a Phase Two student, please contact us for details. 
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Graphic by Jim Schoenfelder Iowa City, Iowa 2007 ©

 

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