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SSI Update April 2012 – Introduction to G-Lab

On April 12, 2012 · Leave a Comment

The Great Enterprise Initiative

Today, the Space Studies Institute is announcing a new Great Enterprise Initiative and two special Projects that we hope will hasten the day when permanent space settlement arrives, fulfilling Professor Gerard K. O’Neill’s vision of forty years ago.

The Great Enterprise Initiative is a road map outlining the technologies and capabilities [...]

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SSI Update December 2011

On December 28, 2011 · 3 Comments

Within the next ten years, one or more of the new space companies will develop a mature space transportation system, and the cost of space transportation will drop by a factor of between 10 and 50. While the technology for space transportation has been advancing rapidly in the past few years, the supporting technologies of [...]

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