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External Tank Manual
Features extract from the shuttle reference manual.
Orbit 6 - Space Technology and Fiction
Includes links regarding the proposed usage of ET, and technical papers.
PERUN - Space Shuttle External Tank Used as a Spac
Paper written in 1979 deals with the possibility of converting an expended Space Shuttle External Tank into a Space Station.
Re-using today's rockets spent fuel tanks in
Technical website
Recycling Space Shuttle External Tanks to Build Sp
The Space Frontier Foundation recommends recycling Space Shuttle External Tanks rather than letting them burn up in the atmosphere.
Space Island Group Project
Features a project descriptions for building a space station devoted to tourism and 0-G experiments, based on the tanks of the space shuttle. Regularly updated.
Space Shuttle External Tank Applications
Overview of possible applications of Space Shuttle External Tank
Studies
Studies by L5 Minnesota (MN Space Frontier Society)- Uses for Shuttle External Tank in orbit