Creature Comforts in Space:
Designing Enjoyment & Sustainability
for Off-World Living
by samuel M. Coniglio IV
ADVANCE PRAISE FOR CREATURE COMFORTS IN SPACE
“Creature Comforts in Space is a key to unlocking the monumental opportunity
of Large-Scale Space Migration (LSSM).”
– Frank White, space philosopher, author of “The Overview Effect”
“Outer space design pioneer Samuel Coniglio has been pushing the boundaries of
creating ever better quality experiences for living off-world.”
– John Spencer, Outer Space Architect, Founder of the Space Tourism Society
“Samuel Coniglio’s Creature Comforts catalogs the things that
will make the future of space more human.”
– Phnam Bagley, space architect and industrial designer at Nonfiction
After 50 years of space exploration, off-world living is still like going on an extreme camping trip. Living out there is uncomfortable at best. This book tackles the challenge of Creature Comforts: those hard-to-describe things that make life more enjoyable, have mental health benefits, and are fun! Using the analogy of building a homestead on the high frontier, early space settlers need to develop long term sustainability techniques with limited resources. This book isn't just about making life better beyond our planet; it's a blueprint for enhancing life on Earth through thoughtful, space-inspired design.
This is the first book from Samuel Coniglio, a space futurist and design advocate on a mission to understand the challenges of off-world living, and to use them as design constraints for building a better orbital lifestyle.
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About SAMUEL
Samuel Coniglio is a futurist, technical writer, photographer, inventor, and private space industry advocate. He is a board member and former Vice President of the Space Tourism Society.
Since 1996, he has been researching and prototyping off-world domestic concepts to make life easier “for the rest of us” in space. His Zero Gravity Cocktail Glass concept won international acclaim and reinvents how to drink liquids in a microgravity environment. His cocktail-making “drinkbots” have been showcased on Discovery Channel and Wall Street Journal. His new book, “Creature Comforts in Space,” is about making life more comfortable and sustainable for off-world living.
SPACE ADVOCACY
Here are some organizations I’ve worked closely with over the years.
Recent Space Presentations
by the Author
Overview Roundtable
2023-09-23
“The Delta Clipper Experimental (DC-X): How a Little-Known Project Jumpstarted the NewSpace Revolution.”
Presented online at the Overview Roundtable.
UNITED NATIONS
2023-09-15
“Creature Comforts in Space.”
Presented online at the 18th Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Proposal at United Nations General Assembly, via Space Renaissance International.
100 year starship conference
2023-02-03
“Creature Comforts in Space, 5 minute edition.”
Presented online for 100 Year Starship Conference: Nexus Nairobi.
Space Renaissance International Session
2022-01-03
“Space Tourism: An Introduction.”
Presented online at Space Renaissance International.
Space Renaissance Congress
2021-06-29
“Orbital Design: Space Shower”
Presented online at the 2021 Space Renaissance Congress.
DorkbotSF
2020-06-24
“Zero Gravity Cocktail Glass: A Post Mortem.” Presented online for DorkbotSF Hacker group.
Mentioned in Books
Chris Carberry. “Alcohol in Space: Past, Present and Future.”
McFarland Publishing. 2019.
https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/alcohol-in-space/
Also a Documentary: (Coming in 2024!)
Barbara Brownie. “Spacewear: Weightlessness and the Final Frontier of Fashion.”
Bloomsbury Publishing. January 10, 2019.
Johannes Grenzfurthner, et. al. “Screw The System – Explorations of Spaces, Games and Politics through Sexuality and Technology.”
monochrom’s Arse Elektronika Anthology #4. RE/SEARCH Publications, 2013.
James Carrott and Brian David Johnson. “Vintage Tomorrows: A Historian and a Futurist Journey Through Steampunk into the Future of Technology.”
O’Reilly Media / Make: Community. February 2013.
https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/vintage-tomorrows/9781449337988/
Vintage Tomorrows Documentary
Director: Byrd McDonald https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2091476/
Misuzu Onuki. “I will go to space next week!”
Kasuga Publishing Co. Ltd. 2009.
https://parabolicarc.com/2009/04/05/space-fashionista-publishes-space-tourism-book-japan/
John Spencer and Karen Rugg. “Space Tourism: Do You Want to Go?”
CG Publishing / Apogee Books. 2004. https://www.cgpublishing.com/Books/SpaceTourism.html
Recent Interviews
“Commercial Space Pioneers Series -- Telling Tales.”
Space Frontier Foundation YouTube Channel. September 12, 2023.
https://www.youtube.com/live/awqJA39KhJk?si=M8N2uzj3yZdsOPhN
“Space Marketing Podcast with Sam Coniglio – Technical Writer and Space Futurist,”
Space Marketing Podcast with Izzy House. Marketing Podcast Network. January 25, 2023. https://marketingpodcasts.net/2023/01/space-marketing-podcast-with-sam-coniglio-technical-writer-and-space-futurist/
“Space Renaissance WebConference on SpaceTourism - October 26th 2020.”
Space Renaissance International Youtube Channel. October 26, 2020.
Contact
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“No matter where you go, there you are.” --Buckaroo Banzai