![]() ![]() ![]() What’s more, while his predecessors advocated metal-walled, compartmentalized “space stations,” O’Neill envisioned colonies that resembled the earth, with soil, greenery, even blue sky, sunshine, and clouds. In his view, the established practice of launching costly chemical rockets would be replaced as soon by permanent habitation and large-scale manufacturing in space. In both scientific and popular articles, in lectures and on television, and in his successful books The High Frontier and 2081, O’Neill argued that the unlimited energy and materials of space could make possible a new and attractive life for millions of people. O’Neill, a high-energy physicist who was a prominent advocate of human colonies in space. ![]() Few men in that tradition have been as articulate as Professor Gerard K. by Monte DavisĮver since Christopher Columbus made the rounds of potential royal backers, the exploration of new worlds has required as much persuasive salesmanship as it has intrepid navigation. That date looks pretty unlikely now, but O’Neill’s ideas may still provide the blueprint for the future of humans in space. He conceived of human civilization throughout the solar system and said that by 2050, 200 million people could be living in habitats beyond the Earth, offering humanity a viable plan B. O’Neill pioneered the idea of human colonies in space. ![]()
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