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The book is full of large orbital machines. They are explained thoroughly and there are some drawings but I wish the author had pictures and videos of them on h
by pmontra 5y ago
The book is full of large orbital machines. They are explained thoroughly and there are some drawings but I wish the author had pictures and videos of them on his web site to see how they work.
- pilsetnieks 5y agoI wouldn't be surprised if Bezos owned those ideas.
- pilsetnieks 5y agoFor the downvoter: Stephenson used to be an advisor for Bezos-owned Blue Origin for 7 years; supposedly he developed at least some of these far-out space launch and orbital mechanics ideas during that time. It's just a facetious comment and I'm not seriously saying Bezos owns the thoughts in Stephenson's head. However, I wouldn't be very surprised if there were some BO-affiliated patents or research papers along similar lines that bore Stephenson's name as well on them.
- Kaibeezy 5y agoThe High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space, 1976, Gerard K. O'Neill https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_High_Frontier:_Human_Colonies_in_Space https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_High_Frontier:_Human_Col...
- rbanffy 5y agoI hear there is a documentary available on Apple TV, but I couldn't find it (either on Apple TV or anywhere else)
- Kaibeezy 5y agoI had an invitation to see it the day it came out, but now it’s nowhere to be found. Not even on Exodus, which is weird. I’ll go take another look... Looks like you can rent it on Google Play for $3.99, which is good enough for me. Appears to have won a bunch of awards. https://thehighfrontiermovie.com/ https://thehighfrontiermovie.com/