"Using the material and energy resources of space to improve the human condition on Earth."
-Gerard K. O’Neill
Opinion
Live from SSI Medina the 2026 Space Ecology Workshop
It's happening live right now, the Space Ecology Workshop 2026. The Space Studies Institute is proud to host Patrick Grove, Space Ecologist of the Spring Institute for Forrest On The Moon as he runs the show live from the SSI office in Medina Washington. Officially we...
Mass Drivers. From the ones who actually made the real ones
It's been such a buzzy space summer, it must have been the IPO bringing in so many new folks. And that is a good thing. It truly is a good thing; More intelligent folks should start seeing the Great Big that is all around the Little Tiny that most people are only able...
Mass Drivers. Don’t put your eye out, kid
Summer camps are so much fun! We get asked every year if we can give away free Mass Drivers, and we have to say: "Sorry, no. Ours would be really dangerous. *BUT* you can have the kids make their own Mass Drivers. That will be more fun... and a very good teaching...
SPS. A New Scientist… A Timeless Book
We got a little behind on our New Scientist skims but did the April 4th issue with our toast this morning and there was that oldie and still not goodie going back all the way to The High Frontier. You can see it in orange-pink in the picture above, and if you can't...
SPS. Overview Energy IR Beaming *TO* Earth. The Meta connection
SPS. Instead of spinning all of the research into a way to keep the energy in space, someone finally looked at the research for what it truly offers. Ok, this is not helping the poor rise to a better living standard as was the original goal but that's Human. Like it...
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