The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space is a 1976 book by Gerard K. O'Neill , a road map for what the United States might do in outer space after the Apollo program , the drive to place a human on the Moon and beyond. It envisions large human occupied habitats in the Earth-Moon system , especially near stable Lagrangian points . Three designs are proposed: Island one (a modified Bernal sphere ), Island two (another sphere), and Island 3 (two O'Neill cylinders ). These would be constructed using raw materials from the lunar surface launched into space using a mass driver and from near-Earth asteroids . The habitats were to spin for simulated gravity and be illuminated and powered by the Sun. Solar power satellites were proposed as a possible industry to support the habitats.
5-466: High Frontier may refer to: The High Frontier , a 1976 book about space colonization by Gerard K. O'Neill High Frontier, Inc. , an American think tank established in the 1980s by former Lieutenant General Daniel O. Graham High Frontier (video game) , a 1987 video game by ZX Spectrum games High Frontier (board game) , a 2010 board wargame by Sierra Madre High Frontier (simulation game)
10-469: A space colony simulation game by Joe Strout The High Frontier (album) , 2013 album by American band Lumerians The Moon , a natural satellite of Earth See also [ edit ] High Frontiers , former name of Mondo 2000 , American magazine Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title High Frontier . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
15-558: A number of artists including Don Davis , Rick Guidice, and Chesley Bonestell . Many of the concepts illustrated in The High Frontier can be seen in the early series of the anime franchise Mobile Suit Gundam , which depicts a world where humans have migrated into space colonies. The O'Neill cylinder colony design appears frequently, largely unchanged from its original concept, such as in Policenauts . The main space station in
20-538: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=High_Frontier&oldid=1250767214 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages The High Frontier The book won the 1977 Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science . The book featured impressions of life in outer space by
25-474: The popular TV series, Babylon 5 , is similar to an O'Neill cylinder, but with internal lighting replacing the windows and mirrors. Science fiction writer Charles Stross wrote a critical essay with a similar title on the feasibility of interstellar space travel and making practical use of various moons and planets in the Solar System : The High Frontier: Redux. Stross's criticisms do not directly apply to
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