ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The study gr>oup wishes to expr>ess its appreciation to Dr. Gerard K. O'Neill, Professor of Physics at Princeton University, Professor Koichi Masubuchi of the MIT Department of Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture, and Professors Eugene E. Covert and Rene H. Miller (Chairman) of the MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, who contributed their time and expertise to our project. We also thank the MIT Space Habitat Study Group for the use of their files on space colonization. For their uJOrk in editing and typing this report, the study group gratefully acknowledges Miss Terri Gigliotti, Mrs . Anne Brocklebank, Ms . Pam Paine, Mrs. Gerti Gillen, and most of all Miss Joan Gillen. Above all, we thank the vlilliam F. Marlar Memorial Foundation, Incorporated, whose financial support made this entire project possible. iv
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