Dr. Gerard K. O’Neill’s The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space is viewed as one of the seminal works in the modern aerospace industry. First published in the 1970s during the denouement of the Apollo program, it provided an optimistic ideal of the incredible things that could be accomplished in space even using Apollo era technology, while at the same time providing a roadmap of how we could get there. O’Neill’s work had a great effect on the industry that grew after it, often through the effect it had on those who would grow up to eventually join it. The High Frontier has had an incredible effect on inspiring students into participating in fields in the sciences and aerospace, many of whom have become remarkable contributors to industry and the sciences.
SEDS-USA Space Frontier Foundation High Frontier Distribution Project is a joint educational outreach project between the Students for the Exploration and Development of Space USA and the Space Frontier Foundation to distribute copies of the 2nd edition of The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space to high school and university libraries across the country currently lacking a copy. The Space Frontier Foundation has possession of a bulk quantity of the book’s second edition, and has received a targeted donation in order to place them into schools.
SEDS-USA is seeking contact information and homes for copies of this book. This book is available entirely free of charge, thanks to a generous donation to the Space Frontier Foundation. It is hoped that by placing these books we can help inspire more kids to have interest in the sciences and aerospace, key to developing the future of our industry.
- School Staff (Librarians, Teachers, etc): Book Request Form
- Public: School Contact Suggestion Form
- SEDS Chapters: Distribution Assistance Form
Links:
- Space Frontier Foundation
- High Frontier 3rd Edition Reviews, Amazon
- High Frontier 3rd Edition Review, National Space Society
If you have any questions, please email projects@seds.org
Like to see reprinted with CG anime visuals of Orig Colonies, Lunar base,
Space Solar Power etc & X Ray visuals etc.
Id be awesome
& connect to Astronauts4Hire.org.
& Facebook for SEDS.
A documentary would be a good addition to the book.
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Kudos on this important project! “The High Frontier” needs to be in every library on the planet. Gratifying to see another effort to keep O’Neill’s vision of the future out there in front of the next generation.