Over past decades there has been much research and thinking about what a space outpost or settlement would look like, the kinds of activities that would take place there, and the types of people who would live there. Pulitzer Prize recipient Gerard K. O’Neill brought much of this into focus when he wrote The High Frontier (1976). His book sparked a serious discussion about the technical feasibility of living in space and inspired many to think of space settlement as something realistic, attainable, instead of just a topic of science fiction. His most enduring legacy is his technical justification for building giant cislunar (space-based not planet-based) habitats that not only housed its citizenry but also acted as a greenhouse for production of food and parklike green spaces. His proposed large wheel and cylindrical habitats in space set the tone for what has now become modern space settlement study.
Colonies, Outposts, Settlements, and Stations
The Cosmos Economy ; Chapter : 20 ; 167-177
2021-05-18
11 pages
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