"Using the material and energy resources of space to improve the human condition on Earth."
-Gerard K. O’Neill
Opinion
MEGA Progress
Here's a nice video by Bloomberg with recent news about the Mach Effect Gravity Assist (MEGA) thruster work underway in the lab and around the world. Before we get to the Star Trek era, SSI sees a near term application for propellantless propulsion: station-keeping...
Hear it in context
Recent magazine articles, blogs and documentaries have passed along snippets, this weekend turn up the speaker on your phone and hear the entire message, start-to-finish, in context: https://soundcloud.com/spacestudiesinstitute/ssi-gerard-k-oneill-on-good-and-evil...
Advanced Propulsion Workshop 2020
The Estes Park Advanced Propulsion Workshop took place online this year. Dr. Hal Fearn organized and led the workshop. Video proceedings are on SSI's YouTube channel. Playlist begins here - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_YvUODKu7Cu1Dk0Exg1hHTFl-j-2KZFH
In case you hadn't heard…
All of the "Lost" 1976 Space Manufacturing Summer Study recordings have been cleaned up and are now waiting for you on the SSI Soundcloud Channel. Plus there's GKON on Good, Evil and all things in between, and a little gem showing two professors practicing for what...
Professor Freeman Dyson, RIP
Freeman Dyson, Space Studies Institute trustee and president emeritus, has passed. Rest in peace, Professor. We will miss your insights and wisdom. Freeman Dyson, Visionary Technologist, Is Dead at 96
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