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Space Studies Institute
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Dr. Gerard K. O’Neill founded the Space Studies Institute (SSI) in 1977 with the hope of opening the vast wealth of space to humanity. The late O’Neill, professor of physics at Princeton University, envisioned a modern society powered by clean, dependable, full-time solar energy supplied by Solar Power Satellites (SPS). Many people feel that Solar Power Satellites represent the only technically and ecologically sound source for Earth’s future energy needs. Since each currently envisioned SPS could provide electrical power equivalent to ten average nuclear power plants, the value to Earth is apparent. Such satellites are feasible if built and maintained by persons living for ex tended periods in space. The space colonies needed for such activities would first be positioned between Earth and the Moon, and then eventually expand to locations in other parts of our solar system.
The Institute’s mission, continuing under the direction of Prof. Freeman Dyson, is to open the energy and material resources of space for human benefit within our lifetime. SSI’s first commitment is to complete the missing technological links to make possible the productive use of the abundant resources in space. Its second goal is to promote the formation of private, governmental, or multi-national programs to use space resources responsibly and carefully, avoiding environmental damage.
SSI has sponsored research on several transport mechanisms needed for the development of space. SSI’s first research program was to develop the Mass-Driver, an electromagnetic accelerator which could be used to move raw lunar material efficiently and economically to high-Earth orbit for processing. SSI funded the work on Mass-Drivers II and Ill which were advanced models of a concept originally developed at MIT under the direction of Drs. Henry Kolm and Gerard O’Neill.
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- Princeton NJ
- United States 08542
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