Space Colonies, December 1977
“This book is about how to take Space personally… The subject is Free Space. That’s the technical term for everyplace outside the Earth’s atmosphere. It’s a political term—and increasingly, as exploration and argument proceed into orbit, a political reality.”
- Published: December 1977
- Collection: Special Publications
- Links: Internet Archive, Download PDF
Sections:
- Vision
- Debate
- Space
Space Colonies, December 1977
- Vision
- A CoEvolution Book4
- The sky starts at your feet5
- THE HIGH FRONTIER by Gerard O'Neill8
- TESTIMONY OF GERARD K. O’NEILL: Space Colonization and Energy Supply to Earth12
- IS THE SURFACE OF A PLANET REALLY THE RIGHT PLACE FOR AN EXPANDING TECHNOLOGICAL CIVILIZATION?” Interviewing Gerard O'Neill22
- 3-D Universe30
- The High Frontier30
- L-5 News30
- National Space Institute30
- Debate
- COMMENTS ON O’NEILL’S SPACE COLONIES33
- Ken Kesey34
- Russell Schweickart34
- Lewis Mumford34
- Lynn Margulis35
- Richard Raymond35
- The real backers35
- Dean Fleming36
- Wendell Berry36
- Wilson Clark38
- Space for peace38
- E. F. Schumacher38
- Stephanie Mills38
- Steve Durkee38
- Extra energy38
- Steve Baer40
- The SF vote40
- Dennis Meadows40
- Hazel Henderson40
- Allure42
- Daughter42
- Carl Sagan42
- Rather42
- Paul and Anne Ehrlich43
- Pioneer43
- Down the road43
- William Irwin Thompson44
- The rest of it44
- George Wald44
- David Brower44
- Michael Phillips46
- Ant Farm46
- John Todd46
- Brother David Steindl-Rast50
- Info isn't heavy50
- Planet parenthood50
- Richard Brautigan50
- Juvenile space50
- Peter Warshall52
- Space virus or child52
- Arab Space Program52
- Anne Norcia53
- Marc LeBrun53
- Metallurgical paradise53
- Hot Gaia53
- Erik Eckholm53
- Garrett Hardin54
- R. Buckminster Fuller54
- Seed54
- Paolo Soleri56
- Julia Brand60
- Better foolishness60
- David Shetzline60
- Partial atmospheric pressure60
- John Holt62
- Technical debate62
- Investment space69
- Space war69
- Gurney Norman69
- Gary Snyder69
- Sufficient error69
- Brazil’s space colony69
- Gerard O’Neill70
- Stewart Brand72
- SPACE COLONIES SHOULD KEEP AWAY FROM THE GOVERNMENT FOR A WHILE Astronaut Russell Schweickart on the phone74
- THE DEBATE SHARPENS Wendell Berry angry82
- “Spaceship Earth” comes home to roost86
- Driving or driven to space86
- Evolution of Space industrialization89
- Satellite surveillance89
- Other voices89
- Life spreads before the sun90
- If the Sun Dies90
- ECOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR SPACE COLONIES92
- Space agriculture and Space cops94
- Space agriculture retort94
- The smile of Timothy Leary96
- Space just means bigger weapons96
- 8 am of the world96
- Limits to Growth — wronger than ever96
- Grandiose failure96
- JACQUES COUSTEAU AT NASA HEADQUARTERS98
- THE SPACE COLONIES IDEA 1969-1977 by Eric Drexler104
- Space
- WHO’S EARTH by Russell Schweickart110
- “WHERE!?” by Carl Sagan114
- Steel asteroids114
- A House in Space114
- THERE AIN'T NO GRACEFUL WAY Astronaut Russell Schweickart talking to Peter Warshall116
- CONTROVERSY IS RIFE ON MARS interviewing Carl Sagan and Lynn Margulis120
- Education for Space Work128
- The Directory of Aerospace Education128
- Colonies in Space129
- Space Age Review129
- Earth/Space News129
- Space Settlements130
- Space Manufacturing Facilities130
- Spaceflight & JBIS130
- Concise Atlas of the Universe131
- Sky and Telescope131
- OLBERS’ PARADOX by Lawrence Ferlinghetti133
- SOLAR SAILING by Eric Drexler134
- Heliogyro solar sail134
- OPERATING ON THE EDGE Russell Schweickart talking138
- JERRY BROWN — FROM LIMITS ON EARTH TO POSSIBILITIES IN SPACE146
- INSTEAD OF FRICTIONLESS ELEPHANTS talking with Gerard O’Neill150
- The long view155
- Thanks155
- INDEX156
- Business159
- Announcement of The CoEvolution Quarterly160
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