"Using the material and energy resources of space to improve the human condition on Earth."
-Gerard K. O’Neill
Opinion
SPS. Perovskite. “They Thrived.” Hmm.
“A lot of people doubted that these materials could ever be strong enough to deal with the harsh environment of space,” McMillon-Brown said. “Not only do they survive, but in some ways, they thrived."...
New O’Neillian Fiction
"Suarez agrees with Bezos’ sentiment, but not because the billionaire founder of Amazon and Blue Origin came up with the idea. In the latest episode of the Fiction Science podcast, Suarez points out that Princeton physicist Gerard K. O’Neill, Bezos’ space mentor, had...
Mark Hopkins, a force for Space
The membership and staff of the Space Studies Institute extends the deepest sincere condolences to the family, friends and associates of Mark Hopkins. Over many years and in countless contexts, most of us had the pleasure of...
Vast Space to launch 1st private station on SpaceX rocket in 2025
"No one will be more surprised than I if, when Island One is completed, it looks very much like the sketches we now make of it. Even its size and its population may well be quite different. If we go by the almost universal human experience of large-scale construction...
Not a Gee-Whiz Society. Coyote SPS
Not a Gee-Whiz Society. Drove down to the Space Studies Institute offices yesterday to be reminded - again - by Executive Director Robin that anyone can talk, SSI needs people to do; Quietly *do.* And while discussing a do-able...
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