I remember reading O'Neill's book as a kid - all the pics were in black and white.
Now - IN LIVING COLOR!


Ah, the 70's. "Hey baby - my place or L-5?"


EDIT - upon zooming in on some of them I seem to recognize a signature on some.

Shades of Rama.

--Bill

I went to a presentation at Iowa State University by Dr. O'Neill, probably in the spring of 1976. He was late (blamed rogue elements from the Society for the Preservation of the Vacuum for the delay) but gave a very good talk which was very well received. Memories fade, but as I recall, maybe 400 attendees.

I was ready to emigrate, and I don't even like heights.

Very cool. And to think we could have put up one or more of those nice toroidal colonies for the price of the ISS :/ Not to mention unmanned landers/orbiters for every body of interest in the solar system and beyond...

You're lucky - I had a big delegation turn up from from the local village, complete with firebrands and pitchforks and noises off, who insisted that I should go!

And it was only a *baby* monster, too.

Bob Shaw

If you go to the main Space Settlement page:

http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Education/Sp...ment/index.html

Scroll down to the section on books and other resources.

There you will find the online version of the 1977 study that NASA
actually published and excited my teenage imagination with promises
of giant orbiting colonies by the 1990s (that's what the newspapers
said). Of course they also promised me manned Mars landings
and lunar colonies by the 1980s.

The other book to check out is the CoEvolution Book on Space
Settlements, also from 1977.

http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Education/Sp...oEvolutionBook/

They don't make 'em like that any more.

Hopefully the idea has just been delayed, not abandonded.