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http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/technology/sts-newsref/et.html

Features extract from the shuttle reference manual.

http://www.orbit6.com/et/

Includes links regarding the proposed usage of ET, and technical papers.

PERUN - Space Shuttle External Tank Used as a Spac

http://staff.infima.cz/svoboda/perun.htm

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

http://www.permanent.com/ext-tank.htm

Technical website

Recycling Space Shuttle External Tanks to Build Sp

http://www.space-frontier.org/Projects/ExternalTanks/Cserep/et_re-use.htm

The Space Frontier Foundation recommends recycling Space Shuttle External Tanks rather than letting them burn up in the atmosphere.

Space Island Group Project

http://www.spaceislandgroup.com/

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

http://www.space-frontier.org/Projects/ExternalTanks/

Overview of possible applications of Space Shuttle External Tank

Studies

http://www.freemars.org/studies/index.html

Studies by L5 Minnesota (MN Space Frontier Society)- Uses for Shuttle External Tank in orbit