OrbHab Book

ID: 8 Flag Book
Title: The High Frontier: An Easier Way
Authors: T. Marotta, A. Globus
Publisher:
Year of Publication: 2018
Category: Popular Science
Availability: Print and Online
Detail Page: /books/8
Web Link: https://space.nss.org/book-review-the-high-frontier-an-easier-way/
BoK Link: [[book:8]]
Abstract
This book can be considered a worthy update to Gerard K. O’Neill’s seminal 1977 book The High Frontier, and the authors should be commended on making a major contribution to the subject. Gerard’s widow Tasha O’Neill even gave permission to use the title. O’Neill envisioned large orbital space settlements, built from non-terrestrial materials, which could eventually be located anywhere in the solar system and built in sufficient numbers that the total land area would greatly exceed the total land area of planetary surfaces including Earth and Mars. But the problem has always been (and remains) - how do we get from here to there? There is an enormous gap between where we are now and the first orbital space settlements, and even after 40 years there are as yet no concrete plans to actually proceed with building any. This book provides new ideas on a stepwise approach that can help bridge that gap. Credit and more info at: https://space.nss.org/book-review-the-high-frontier-an-easier-way/