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SPACE Digest V2 #30
>From OTA@S1-A Sun Nov 8 04:52:11 1981
SPACE Digest Volume 2 : Issue 30
Today's Topics:
Administrivia
Bibliography on Space Colonization
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Date: 6 Nov 1981 22:31-PST
To: SPACE-Enthusiasts at MIT-MC
From: The Moderator <OTA AT S1-A>
Subject: Administrivia
I have been having a lot of trouble getting SPACE Digests out recently.
I get the feeling I am in a golf course that is 85% sand traps and all I
have is a driver! It looks like substantial numbers of people did not get
digest #26 or #28. Handling the requests for #23 was a major pain in
the ass. So rather than have people send me 35 requests for assorted back
issues, I will just send out a redundant copy too all hosts which I suspect
were left out. But I think I will wait to for the hardware problems that
have been at the root of the problem to clear up first. Thanks for
putting up with this difficulty.
Ted Anderson
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Date: 5 Nov 1981 20:19:38-PST
From: A.exp at Berkeley
Subject: Bibliography on Space Colonization
The following is a short bibliography on space colonization,
which is timely because of the upcoming Shuttle launch.
Selected Bibliography
Non-Technical Works
``Colonies in Space.'' Time, June 3, 1974, p. 51.A brief summary
of the facts.
``Colonies in Space.'' Ron Chernow. The Smithsonian, February
1976, pp. 62-69. An interesting speculative article describing
the quality of life in a space colony.
The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space. Gerard K. O'Neill.
1977. The landmark book on the colonization of space, by the
principal worker in the field. Phi Beta Kappa Award for Science
Book of the Year. Builds a strong case for why space should be
colonized.
Hardbound 288pp., $8.00 from: [I have seen a version of this in
William Morrow and Co., Inc. paper back for 2.95 or so. I
Wilmer Warehouse don't have the ref tho. -ota]
6 Henderson Dr.
West Caldwell, NJ 07006
Colonies in Space. T. A. Heppenheimer. 1977. Less cautious in
tone than O'Neill's book, this volume develops the methods by
which space will be colonized. A lively, well-illustrated work.
Hardbound 224pp., $12.95 from: Paperbound 321pp., $2.50 from:
Stackpole Books Warner Books
Cameron and Kelker Streets Warner Paperback Library
P. O. Box 1831 75 Rockefeller Plaza
Harrisburg, PA 17105 New York, NY 10019
Spaceships of the Mind. Nigel Calder. 1978. This beautifully
illustrated volume is the result of a BBC television series
broadcast in 1978. It is an overview of space exploration, as
well as of the specifics of space colonization, from the present
concepts to those of the far future.
Hardbound 144pp., $14.95 from: Paperbound 144pp., $6.95 from:
The Viking Press Penguin Books, Inc.
625 Madison Avenue 625 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10022 New York, NY 10022
Doomsday Has Been Cancelled. J. Peter Vajk. 1978. An in-depth
evaluation of the basis for movement into space marks this work.
It reviews benefits to the Earth and changes in the state of so-
ciety which will result from the utilization of space.
Paperbound 238pp., $7.95 from:
Peace Press, Inc.
3828 Willat Avenue
Culver City, CA 90230
The L-5 News. The publication of the L-5 Society, an interna-
tional organization actively advocating space development. The
L-5 Society also has available many reprints; a listing may be
obtained on request. Subscriptions to The L-5 News:
$12/year from:
The L-5 Society
1060 E. Elm
Tucson, AZ 85719
Technical Works
``The Colonization of Space.'' G. K. O'Neill. Physics Today.
September 1974, pp. 32-40. A survey of the basic order-of-
magnitude results which first indicated the feasibility of space
colonization.
``The Low-Profile Road to Space Industrialization.'' G. K.
O'Neill. Astronautics and Aeronautics, March 1978, pp.24-32.
Updated results on optimization of space industrialization, from
the 1976 and 1977 NASA Ames Summer Studies on space settlement.
Space Settlements-A Design Study (NASA SP-413). R. D. Johnson
and C. Holbrow, eds. 1977. A summary of the 1975 Summer Study
on the Settlement of Space at the NASA Ames research center.
Though lacking in some conceptual advances which reduce the cost
of space industrialization by an order of magnitude (see biblio-
graphic entries below and immediately preceding), it does provide
an excellent introduction to the technical requirements of space
colonies.
185pp., $5.00 postpaid from:
Superintendent of Documents
U. S. Government Printing Office
Washington, DC 20402
Specify stock no. 033-000-00669-1.
Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics v. 57: Space-based
Manufacturing from Nonterrestrial Materials. G. K. O'Neill and
B. T. O'Leary, eds. 1977. Contains papers from the 1976 NASA
Ames/OAST Summer Study on concepts required to initiate large-
scale manufacturing in space, using materials found in space.
Also presented were papers taking a systems-analysis approach to
space industrialization concepts. Was subject to peer review.
177pp., $23.00 from:
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Technical Information Service
750 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Space Resources and Space Settlement (NASA SP-428). G. K.
O'Neill and J. Billingham, eds. 1979. Summarizes 1977 NASA Ames
summer study on space development. Technical results on regen-
erative life-support systems, utilization of lunar resources, and
electromagnetic mass-drivers, among other topics. Subject to
peer review.
288 pp., $6.50 from:
Superintendent of Documents
U. S. Government Printing Office
Washington, DC 20402
Specify stock no. 033-000-00765-5
``Habitat and Logistic Support Requirements for the Initiation of
a Space Manufacturing Enterprise.'' J. P. Vajk, G. H. Engel, J.
A. Shettler, in Space Resources and Space Settlement. 1979. pp.
61-83. Details of a step-by-step approach to setting up manufac-
turing facilities in space, using only the Space Shuttle. Demon-
strates that construction of solar power satellites could begin
only seven years after the first launch of equipment from Earth.
Launch could begin in 1985.
``Mass Driver Up-Date.'' H. Kolm. The L-5 News. September
1980, pp. 10-12. Details on electromagnetic-driven launchers now
being studied by a team at MIT and Princeton, designed to launch
cylindrical projectiles from the Earth, at $1.00 to $20.00 per
pound. The projectiles are accelerated to Earth orbit velocity
or beyond in wells in the Earth, then launched through the atmo-
sphere, where they lose only 3% mass to ablation.
Space Colonization-An Annotated Bibliography. Michael E. Marot-
ta. 1980. Includes an introductory essay. More than 100 en-
tries, both technical and non-technical.
31pp., $4.00 from:
Loompanics Unlimited
P. O. Box 264
Mason, MI 48854
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