"How to Colonize an Asteroid" is a collection of Hypertext pages designed to introduce you to the concept of, and technologies involved in, colonising an asteroid. Note that some links will take you to other sites on the internet. Use the "BACK" function in your browser to return to the page from which you called this HELP! File. See the introduction for a more detailed description of this mini-web.
"obtronics" is the sponsor of this web, and the producer of
some of the project kits described herein. If you see this button on a page,
it generally means that there is a kit available for purchase which contains
the parts required to carry out that experiment. Clicking on the logo will
take you to the appropriate section of the obtronics
online catalog for more information.
The following navigational aids will appear on most pages (scroll down or click on the icon in question for a detailed description);NOTE: Clicking them here will go to HELP for that button and not to their normal Function.
This button will return you to the top
of the current page
------------------------![[top]](images/top.gif){kind=small}
>
This button will take you to the bottom of the
current page ---------------------->
Back
Clicking on this icon will return you to the last page you were on, just like the back button in your browser. Note that this is a Java Applet and may not function in some older browsers. If you find yourself in this situation, just use the normal "Back" button in your browser.
Forward - In this sequence of
pages
Will send you to the next page in the current section of the web, or to the beginning of the next section. If it appears at the bottom of a menu, it will take you to the menu choice listed first.
Home
Returns you to the "How to Colonize an Asteroid" startup, or "Home", page. This is basically the table of contents for this work. I know that most people would have used a picture of a house to represent "Home", but due to the subject matter of this work, I had to use craters on an asteroid. You'll get used to it.
Last
Menu
Will return you to the last sectional menu, such as "The Plan", "Technologies", "Electronics", "Chemistry", "Biology", "Rocketry", or whatever else you might find here...
Index
Takes you to an interactive index for "How to Colonize an Asteroid". See below for HELP! with the index.
Bibliography
Links to the bibliography of works used to write this material. See below for HELP! on references and the bibliography
obwan's Web Link
Page
A collection of external internet links referenced in this spin. Note that you must be connected to the internet to use these links, and that they will open in another browser window.
HELP!
Brings you to this HELP! page.
References to the works of other authors and links to other web sites are shown throughout this web as follows;
Some references may be shown without specific page numbering, as in {X.14}. These are general references to another web site, or to an entire book.
Letters used to indicate reference types include the following:
R = Reference Books, P = Periodical (Magazines), V = video tape or video disc, X = External internet link - to another web site.
Selecting an internal reference link will take you to that entry in the bibliography for detailed information about that reference work. To return from a reference link, use the "BACK" function in your browser. Note that most internet links are stored on obwan's Web Link Page. When you click on one of these references, you will go to the link page, and from there you can link to other sites. These are more generalized external links. Other external links, marked with {X}, are direct links to specific other web sites. If you are browsing this site from a CD-Rom, these links will not function unless you are connected to the internet.
Note that some external links are embedded in the text of some pages. The links will open a new in a new browser window. Close that window to return to where you were in this spin.
Hint: Set a bookmark to the link page in your browser, and use it as a guide to exploring some cool sites on the internet.
The index might be a place for you to explore this web. All of the entries in the index contain links to different pages. In many cases, there are multiple links from a single entry.
Index entries are listed in alphabetical order, and there is a navigational aide to the page which will let you link to any letter of the alphabet. This is an area which will eventually have a search engine.
(Use the BACK button on your browser to return to the page from whence you came.)