"Using the material and energy resources of space to improve the human condition on Earth."
-Gerard K. O’Neill
Opinion
Spin. Spin. Spin. Three linked reasons.
Spin. For the importance of it: "People have a naive faith (fueled by media or science fiction) that on the Moon, or elsewhere in space, life can be ‘continued’ with some ’adjustments,’” he said. “There are more issues and the question is a little bit more...
Have you seen this? Bet you have, but not this way. 1976 MIT Space Colony Systems Design
To a Librarian, every protocol-followed, clinically-cataloged, environmentally-protected and filed-away asset has a real Human story. The asset on this page has many Human stories. There is one story for each of its original contributors and one for every work day...
October 4th. A day that will forever live in History
Happy Anniversary of a revolutionary event! "On October 4, 2004, the Ansari XPRIZE was won by Mojave Aerospace Ventures, successfully completing the contest in their spacecraft SpaceShipOne." Here's a pic of Burt Rutan, Anne Hudson and SSI President Gary Hudson taken...
SPS in the New York Times. And a special free pre-release of a classic
The New York Times caught up with the Solar Power Satellites / Space-Based Solar Power story a few days ago. We apologize for the wait but as you will see in the article there are a number of excellent links to external sources from our old friends including a Way...
This story – should be – only beginning
Yay! Happy stories of parties in the widestream press! And now, as our phone feeds push us to move to the next headlines, it's on you to check back with this. To find out What's In It For Us. All of us. "Using the material and...
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