If you're interested in that book, you might be interested in the L5 Society. Back in those days there was an incredible amount of excitement and enthusiasm for building space colonies. You can even read back issues of L5 News, which was their newsletter. It has been over 30 years and we're really no closer to that dream now than we were then.
7 posted on 05/04/2006 7:30:52 PM PDT by Tarantulas
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I was a member of the L-5 Society back in the early 80's and really believed I would see space colonies in my lifetime. The failure to develop a follow on to the shuttle and the space station boondoggle has curbed my enthusiasm.