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Powersats as basis for space colonies never added up for me -- couldn't the funders find work crews willing to live closer to spam-in-a-can style for higher wag
by abecedarius 13y ago
Powersats as basis for space colonies never added up for me -- couldn't the funders find work crews willing to live closer to spam-in-a-can style for higher wages, with overall much lower cost?
But I loved the space colony vision even so, and it was sad feeling it slip away over the decades. You can read Heppenheimer's book online: http://www.nss.org/settlement/ColoniesInSpace/ http://www.nss.org/settlement/ColoniesInSpace/ (I remember it as better than O'Neill's, though of course O'Neill gets much more credit for the ideas.)
- jacques_chester 13y agoI reckon I might have read that book too. Certainly the art rings some bells.
- dredmorbius 13y agoI think Heppenheimer's book re-used much of the O'Neill art.
- jacques_chester 13y agoSome of it is distinct.
- dredmorbius 13y agoNot mutually exclusive statements ;-)
- jacques_chester 13y agoSorry, I didn't see the "much of" qualifier.