X-Nico

unusual facts about asteroid mining



O'Neill cylinder

O'Neill proposed the colonization of space for the 21st century, using materials extracted from the Moon and later from asteroids.


see also

SciLands

Founded in 1977 by Dr. Gerard K. O'Neill, Gerard O'Neill, Princeton University professor and author of The High Frontier, SSI sponsored and conducted research into areas such as solar power satellites, lunar bases, space colonies, asteroid mining, and mass drivers.