“More important than the material issue . . . the opening of a new, high frontier will challenge the best that is in us . . . the new lands waiting to be built in space will give us new freedom to search for better governments, social systems, and ways of life.” WayGivingImportantGovernmentSocialWaitingChallengesSpaceIssuesLandMaterialsWalkingMoonBuiltOpeningFrontiersStar GazingSocial Systems Author:Gerard K. O'Neill
“It is the hope of those who work toward the breakout from planet Earth that the establishment of permanent, self-sustaining colonies of humans off-Earth will ... make human life forever unkillable, removing it from the endangered species list, where it now stands on a fragile Earth overarmed with nuclear weapons. Second, the opening of virtually unlimited new land areas in space will reduce territorial pressures and therefore diminish warfare on Earth itself.” HumansSelfEarthSpaceForeverLandPlanetsWeaponsAreasPressureSpeciesListsNuclearOpeningPermanentHuman LifeFragileEstablishmentNuclear WeaponsWarfareUnlimitedDiminishColonyPlanet EarthSustainingTerritorialEndangered Species Author:Gerard K. O'Neill
